BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 465 



Length 16 inches, extent of wings 35 ; bill 1 along the ridge, 1| 

 iilong the gap. 



This sijecies is referred to the division Astiires of the genus Falco. 



The Pig-nut Hickory. 



JuGLANS PORCINA, Mich. Arbr. Forest, de I'Amer. Sept. t. i. p. 206. PL 9. Pursh, 

 Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 038 — Moncecia Polyandeia, Linn. Terebinthace^, 

 Juss. 



Leaves pinnate, with seven, five, or three ovato-lanceolate, smooth 

 leaflets, attenuated at both ends; male catkins filiform.; fruit globose; 

 nut small, smoothish, very hard. The leaves on the twig represented in 

 the plate are not serrated on the edges, although they are generally so in 

 this species. This, however, is merely an occasional variety. 



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