BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 
BUTEO LATISSIMUS. 
Cuar. Above, dull brown, the feathers with paler edges; tail brown 
with four light bars and tipped with white; below, buffish or tawny, 
barred and streaked with rufous ; wings short and broad. Length 1334 to 
15 inches. 
Nest. In a tree; loosely built of twigs, and lined with leaves and 
feathers. 
Eggs. 2-4; buffish, blotched with reddish brown of various shades ; 
1.90 X 1.55. ; 
This species was obtained by Wilson, in the vicinity of 
Philadelphia, in the act of feeding on a meadow-mouse. On 
being approached, it uttered a whining whistle and flew to 
another tree, where it was shot. Its great breadth of wing, as 
well as of the head and body, compared with its length, ap- 
pears remarkably characteristic. The following day the mate 
was observed sailing in wide circles, the wings scarcely moving, 
and presenting almost a semi-circular outline. These two in- 
dividuals appear to be all that were known to Wilson of this 
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