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For a number of years adult and young birds were supposed to be of 

 different species, as will be seen by the nomenclature and references 

 above. The common name, Winter Falcon, more properly belongs to the 

 young of this species. 



The Red-shouldered Hawk, like the preceding, visits the barnyard, but, 

 as a rule, his diet is more humble, and he seeks his food in swamps and 

 retired places. In winter he sometimes visits the roadside, or perches 

 upon fences in fields, by the hour. 



The nest of the Red shouldered Buzzard is built of sticks and twigs, 

 lined with moss and a few feathers, and placed in high trees. The eggs 

 resemble those of the preceeding species in color, but measure about 2.20 

 by 1.75. 



BUTEO PENNSYLVANICUS (Wils.) Bp. 

 Sroad-TvingecL .Buzzard. 



Falco pennsylvanieua, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 161, 178.— Ekad, Proc. PMla. 

 Acad. Nat. 8oi., vi, 18.j3, 395. 



Buteo pennsylvanieua, Kirkpatrick, Ohio Farmer, vii, 1858, 107 ; Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 1858, 

 354 — Whbaton, Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 1860, 360; Reprint, 1861, 2 ; Food of Birds, etc., 

 Ohio Agrio. Rep. for lb74, 570 ; Reprint, 1875, 10.— Langdon, Cat. Birds of Gin., 

 1877, 13; Jonrn. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1878, 116; Reprint, 7 ; Revised List, Journ. 

 Gin. Sod. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 180 ; Reprint, 14. 



Broad-winged Hawk, Kirtland, Fam. Visitor, i, IdSO, 1. 



Falco pennsylvanicus, Wilson, Am. Orn., vi, 1812, 92. 

 Suteo pennsylvanicus, Bonaparte, Osaerv. Guv. R. A. 55. 



Three onter primaries emarginate on inner web. Above, nmber-brown, the feathers 

 ■with paler, or even with falvous,or ashy- white edging, those of the hind head and nape 

 cottony-white at base; qaills blackish, most of the inner -webs white, barred with 

 dusky ; tail with three broad dark zones alternating with narrow white ones, and white 

 tipped ; conspicuous dark maxillary patches ; under parts white or tawny, variously 

 streaked, spotted or barred with rusty or rufous, this color usually predominating in 

 adult birds, when the white chiefly appears as oval or circular spots on each feather ; 

 throat generally whiter than elsewhere, narrowly dark- lined In the young the upper 

 parts are duller brown, varied with white, the under parts tawny whitish with linear 

 and oblong dark spots, the tail grayish-brown with numerous dark bars. Female, 18 ; 

 wing, 11 ; tail, 7 ; male, less. 



Habitat, Temperate Eastern North America. South to Costa Rica, Panama, and 

 Ecuador. Cuba. 



Not common resident, except, perhaps, in winter. Breeds. This Hawk 

 is much less abundant than the other members of the genus, and appears 

 to be of much milder disposition than they. In the vicinity of this city 

 it is quite rare, and only found in the most retired situations, generally in 

 wooded swamps. In some portions of the State it appears to be more com- 

 mon. Dr. Kirtland says that it is common and breeds in Northern Ohio, 



