100 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCONID.AE. 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident; rare summer 

 resident. Sept.-Mar.; summer. Eggs, Mar. 28- April 24 (May 25) . 



190. BuTEO LiNEATUS (Gmelin) Vieillot. 



Red-shouldered hawk; Chicken hawk; Hen hawk; Winter 

 hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 201; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 8. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 7, fig. 1-5. 



Falco lineatus Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 268. "in 



INSULA LONGA," NeW YoRK. 



Open country and woods; nests in large trees. 



Me. — Uncommon summer resident. (Mar. 4) Mar. 20-Oct. 21. 

 Eggs, late April-INIay 24. 



N. H. — Uncommon summer resident north to southern valleys 

 of White Mts. Mar. 27-Xov. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident (? winters). Mar. 17-fall. 

 Eggs, April 22. 



Mass. — Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, April 3-June 6. 



R. I. — Uncommon resident. Eggs, April 5-13. 



Conn. — Common migrant and winter resident, less common 

 summer resident. Eggs, April 5- June 1. 



191. BuTEO swAiNSONi Bonaparte. 



Swainson's hawk. 



Bonap., Geogr. and comparative list birds Europe and No. Amer., 

 1838, p. 3. Based on Audubon: "near the Columbia River." 

 Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 203; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 9. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 8, fig. 1-6. 



