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48. Buteo Hneatus (Gmel.). 



EED-SHOULDERED HAWK. HEN HAWK. 



Wing coverts, bright bay; above, reddish-bro"wn, streaked "with darker; 

 beneath, orange-brown, varied with white; in the young there is much less 

 bay on the wing-coverts. Length, 18-22 inches. 



Common resident. Nesting and other habits like the pre- 

 ceding. Rarely attacks poultry and is undoubtedly very 

 beneficial. 



49. Buteo latissimus CWils.). 

 BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 



Above, dark brown, marked with gray and white; beneath, mixed white 

 and fulvous. Length, 16-17 inches. 



Apparently rare. Has been recorded from Pelham and 



Leverett. Beneficial. 



50. Archibuteo lagopus sancti'johannis (Qmel.). 

 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. 



Varying from wholly black to fuscous -brown marked with white above 

 and white marked with blackish beneath. Length, 22 inches. 



Common winter resident in the meadows along the Connect- 

 icut, but has never befen taken in Amherst. Feeds on mice. 

 Very beneficial. 



51. Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.). 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Fuscous brown; basal part of tail and tarsal plumage, white in adult; 

 basal part of tall, brown with grayish bars and tarsal plumage, huffy, in 

 young. Length, 30-40 inches. 



Very rare, accidental visitor. A young specimen was cap- 

 tured in North Belchertown in November, 1902, by means of a 

 steel trap and was afterwards exhibited in Springfield and 

 placed in the collection of living birds in the park there. 



