BUTEO PENNSYLVANICUS : BROAD-WINGED BUZZARD. 1 25 



young male in nearly perfect autumnal dress, and though 

 not typically melanistic, it still inclines strongly towards 

 that condition." (Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 39.) 



BROAD-WINGED BUZZARD. 



BuTEO PENNSYLVANICUS {WHs.) Bp. 



Chars. Above, umber-brown, the feathers with paler, or even with 

 fulvous or ashy-white, edging, those of the hind head and nape 

 cottony-white at base ; quills blackish, most of the inner webs 

 white, barred with dusky; tail with about three broad dark zones 

 alternating with narrow white ones, and white-tipped; conspicu- 

 ous dusky maxillary patches j 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 gener- 

 ally whiter than elsewhere, narrowly dark-Hned. 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 18.00; extent, 

 40.00; wing, 11.00; tail, 7.00; male less. A rather small but 

 stout species, with short broad wings, very different from any of 

 the foregoing ; the maxillary patches are a strong feature. 



A resident species in New England, but less common 

 than the Red-tail or Red-shoulder, and seldom to be seen 

 in winter, when probably only in southern portions. The 

 general habits are not peculiar in comparison with those 

 of its allies, and the nidification is similar. 



Mr. Samuels states that a nest he visited the 20th of 

 May, 1864, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, was built 

 in the fork of a tall pine-tree, near the top, and composed 

 of coarse sticks and twigs, lined with red cedar bark, 

 leaves, and feathers. It contained four eggs, measuring 



