AVES. 99 



RAPTORES. FALCONES, 



FALCONIDAE. 



No. Amer., 1895, p. 199; A. K. Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 

 1893, pi. 6. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 6, fig. 1. 

 Open country and heavy woods; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common winter resident, less common summer resident. 

 Oct. 26-May; summer. Eggs, April 25-May. 



N. H. — Irregularly common winter resident; rare summer 

 resident south to Alstead. 



Vt. — Irregular winter visitor; rare summer resident south to 

 Rutland, Mendon. Eggs, April 23-May 1. 



Mass. — Winter visitor, irregularly common; casual summer 

 visitor (Hoosac Mt., Aug. 15, 1900). Oct. 4-Feb. 26. 



R. I. — Irregular winter visitor, sometimes common. Oct. 27- 

 Feb. 14. 



Conn. — Irregular winter visitor, sometimes common ; accidental 

 in late summer. (Aug. 24, 1893, West Haven) Oct. 2-winter. 



189. BuTEO BOREALis (Gmelin) Vieillot. 

 Red-tailed hawk or buzzard; Hen hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 200; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 7. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 6, figs. 5, 6. 



Falco horealis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 266. "in 

 America boreali, potissimum Carolina." 



Open country and forests; nests in large trees. 



Me. — Uncommon summer resident, and in southern counties 

 rare winter resident. Eggs, May 6-26. 



N. H. — Uncommon resident, wintering from White Mts. south. 



Vt. — Uncommon resident. Eggs, April 22. 



.Mass. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident; rare summer 

 resident. Eggs, April 6-27. 



R. I. — Uncommon winter, and rare summer resident. Nov. 30- 

 Mar. 25; summer. Eggs, April 5-30. 



