Birds of Allegany Park 



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273 (266). General color gray. Tail long, with the middle feathers longest. 

 Tail tipped with white. Bill short. Flight sometimes accom- 

 panied by a whistling noise Mourning Dove, p. 326 



274 (266 



275 (274 



276 (274 



277 (267 



278 (267 



279 (277 



280 (277 



281 (277 



282 (279 



283 (279 



284 (281 



285 (281 



286 (285 



287 (285 



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289 (285 



290 (287 



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292 (289 



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295 (293 



296 (278 



297 (278 



298 (297 



299 (297 



300 (298 



301 (298), 



275 



286 



275 

 315 



309 



General color brown, mottled with black. 



Larger than the Crow. Bill short. Flight straight, and usually 



accompanied by a loud whirring noise Ruffed Grouse, p. 



Smaller than the Crow. Bill long. Flight erratic, usually 



accompanied by a whistling noise Woodcock, p. 286 



Larger than the Crow 279 



Crow size or smaller 296 



Upper parts light gray. Under parts white 282 



Upper parts partly light gray and partly brown. Tail partly 



black and partly white. Under parts mainly white. 



Herring Gull, immature, p. 315 



Upper parts brown or grayish brown 284 



Head and tail gray. Lower back marked conspicuously with 



white Marsh Hawk, adult male, p. 



Head and tail white. Wings tipped with black and marked with 



white spots Herring Gull, adult, p. 



Head large. Eyes large and looking forward. Breast barred 



and streaked with brown. Flight noiseless . .Barred Owl, p. 

 Head not unusually large. Eyes not conspicuously looking for- 

 ward : 286 



Tail and head white. Rest of body blackish brown. Very large. 



Bald Eagle, adult, p. 316 



Tail black or blackish 290 



Tail reddish brown. Rest of the plumage brown above and 



usually white more or less spotted with brown below. 



Red-tailed Hawk, adult, p. 306 



Tail plain brown 292 



Size very large. Entire plumage blackish brown, or with a little 



white in the breast Bald Eagle, young, p. 



Size medium large. Body mainly dull grayish brown, indis- 

 tinctly streaked Herring Gull, young, p. 



Upper parts with a conspicuous white mark on the lower back. 



Marsh Hawk, female or young, p. 



Upper parts without white 294 



Under parts heavily marked with reddish brown. Shoulders 



reddish brown Red-shouldered Hawk, adult, p. 309 



Under parts white, streaked with brown. Either Red-shouldered 



or Red-tailed Hawk, young. These species are practically 



indistinguishable in the field in young plumage p. 



Head large, with conspicuous ear tufts. Eyes looking forward. 



Plumage mottled, either gray or reddish brown. 



Screech Owl, p. 

 Head not conspicuously large. No ear tufts ; eyes not looking 



forward 298 



Upper parts gray or brown. Under parts lighter, spotted or 



barred 300 



Entire plumage black Crow, p. 300 



Wings long and pointed. Back reddish brown. Wings with more 



or less blue-gray. Side of the head with black marks. 



Sparrow Hawk, p. 328 

 Wings broad and rounded. Tail long. Back blue-gray in adult or 



brown, but not reddish in young. Under parts barred with 



reddish brown in adult or streaked with brown in young. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk, p. 350 



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