THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 77 



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It breeds north of the United States and in winter goes 

 southward to the Middle States. It is a rather rare visi- 

 tant in New Jersey, being occasionally met with, princi- 

 pally in marshes near large streams, from November to 

 April. 



Government examination of 49 stomachs showed that 

 40 contained mice, 5 other mammals, 1| lizard, 1 insects 

 and 4 were empty. 



MwusU^ Broad-winced. — Length; sixteen inches; 

 extent, thirty-four inches; back and upper surface of 

 wings, dark brown, slightly mottled with gray; feathers 

 on the back of the head with pure white bases and long 

 wing feathers white on their basal portion; tail, very dark 

 brown with two whitish bands and a narrow terminal 

 band; throat, white, streaked longitudinally with brown; 

 rest of under surface white, transversely banded with 

 brown, bands on the breast often joining and dividing 

 the white into roundish spots. Young birds are tinged 

 with buff below and are streaked longitudinally with 

 brown over the whole lower surface. 



It nests in trees at a considerable distance from the 

 ground. The eggs are two and one-fifth by one and 

 three-fifths inches in size, yellowish with brown spots and 

 from two to four in number. 



It breeds throughout the Eastern United States and in 

 winter goes south as far as South America. It is a not 

 very common resident in New Jersey. 



Grovernment examinations of 65 stomachs showed that 

 2 contained small birds, 15 mice, 13 other mammals, 11 

 reptiles, 13 frogs and similar animals, 30 insects, 2 

 earthworms, 4 crawfish and 7 were empty. 



IMawU^ Chicken. See Red-tailed Hawk, Eed-Shoul- 

 dered Hawk and Cooper's Hawk. 



Mawk, Cooper^s, or Chicken Hawk. — Length, eigh- 

 teen inches; extent, thirty inches; above, slate color, 



