BurNsS—ONn BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 155 
the wing; lining of the wing brownish white, beautifully 
marked with small arrowheads of brown; chin white, sur- 
rounded by streaks of black; breast and sides elegantly spot- 
ted with large arrow-heads of brown, centered with pale 
brown; belly and vent, like the breast, white, but more 
thinly marked with pointed spots of brown; femur brownish 
white, thickly marked with small touches of brown and 
white; vent white; legs very stout, feet coarsely scaled, both 
of a dirty orange yellow; claws semi-circular, strong and 
very sharp, hind one considerably the longest.” Alexander 
Wilson, American Ornithology, V1; 1812, p. 93. 
Adult Female, Gray-brown Phase-—Upper parts wood brown, 
with seal brown centers, especially on head, neck and middle 
of back; primary secondary and tertial bars and tips seal 
brown, save a narrow border on tips which shows a very 
light wood brown conspicuously, also on the inner webs 
which fades to pure white; basal three-quarters of nape white 
as usual, and feathers of sides and neck edged narrowly with 
russet; tail gray with three broad bands of deep seal brown, 
and upper tail coverts tipped and barred with white; broad 
malar, and lanceolate streaks of deep brown on chin and 
throat. Below white, with the sides, flanks and abdomen 
banded with brownish-gray; breast and jugulum except upon 
center, same color almost solid and with shafts much deeper; 
under tail coverts unspotted. tibe lighter cordate in wood 
brown; under wing coverts, axillars and primary coverts 
ivory-white with a few sagittate spots of clay color. Irides 
straw color. Bill and talons black. Cere, feet and tarsi yel- 
low ochre. 
Length 15.75 (400). Spread 35.75 (907). Wing 10.80 (261). 
Tail 6.75 (171). Tarsus 2.52 (62). Middle claw .67 (17); hind 
claw .67 (17) Bill from cere .78 (20); from nostril .73 (18). 
Cere 43 (11). Aged three or more years. No. 547, coll. F. L. B., 
Bradford Hills, Chester Co., Pa., Apr. 16, 1895. 
MELANISM.—The melanistic phase is not wanting, though 
with one possible exception, all examples have appeared in 
Towa, Minnesota and Manitoba. On Feb. 23, 1908, Mr. J. H. 
