RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 
WINTER HAWK. 
BUTEO LINEATUS. 
Cuar. Adult: general color dark reddish brown; head and neck ru- 
fous: below, lighter, with dark streaks and light bars; wings and tail 
black with white bars; lesser wing-coverts chestnut. Young, with little 
of the rufous tinge. below, buffy with dark streaks, Length 19 to 22 
inches. 
Nest. In a tree; of loosely arranged twigs, lined with grass and 
feathers. 
Zegs. 2-4; bluish white or buffy blotched with brown; 2.20 X 1.70. 
This very elegant Hawk does not migrate or inhabit very 
far to the north. It is never seen in Massachusetts, nor per- 
haps much farther than the State of Pennsylvania. In the 
Southern States, during winter, these birds are very common in 
swampy situations, where their quailing cry of mutual recogni- 
tion may be heard from the depths of the dark forest almost 
