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W. 11. T. 7. E. N. Am., a handsome but small hawk. (Lat. 

 broadest.) 



aa. Outer webs of primaries spotted with white, bufEy or ochraceous : 4 pri- 

 maries emarginate. 



814. B. lineatus (Gmelin). Chicken Hawk. Ked-Shoul- 

 DERED Buzzard. Dark reddish brown ; head and neck more or 

 less rusty ; bend of wing orange brown in adult ; tail with sev- 

 eral white bars ; young much streaked below and with little red- 

 dish. L. 22. W. 14. T. 9. Considerably lighter in weight than 

 the red-tailed hawk, although nearly as long. N. Am., abundant. 



422. ASTURINA Vieillot. (Lat., dim. of Aslur, a hawk), 



815. A. plagiata Schlegel. Gray Hawk. Goshawk. Chiefly 

 dark ashy gray, white below : wings and tail black, with white 

 markings; upper tail coverts white. L. 18. W. 10. T. 7^. 

 Mexican, straying to S. lU. (Lat., striped.) 



423. ARCHIBUTEO Brehm. (Lat. archi, chief ; Buteo.) 

 a. Bill small and weak, its gape, from corner to corner, IJ inches. 



816. A. lagopus (Briinnich). Rough-Legged Hawk. Black 

 Hawk. Chiefly whitish, rusty streaked ; but sometimes entirely 

 black. L. 24. W. 18. T. 10. Northern regions. The Amer- 

 ican form, var. sancti-joliannis (Gmelin) is darker and more rusty 

 than European. (Eu.) (Xayds, hare ; irovs, foot.) 



aa. Bill strong, the gape IJ inches wide from corner to corner of mouth. 



817. A. ferrugineus (Lichtenstein). Rusty brown, marked 

 with gray, white, and black ; sometimes plain dark chocolate- 

 brown. L. 23. W. 17. T. 10. W. N. Am., E. to El. 



424. AQUILA Brisson. (Lat., eagle.) 



818. A. chrysaetos (L.). Golden Eagle. Glossy dark 

 brown ; head and neck paler tawny brown ; quiUs blackish ; tail 

 clouded with whitish at base. L. 36. W. 25. T. 16. Northern 

 regions, less common than the Bald Eagle, in the U. S. (Eu.) 

 (xpvcroi, gold; deros, eagle.) 



425. HALI.3jETXJS Savigny. (oKs, sea ; deros, eagle.) 



819. H. leucocepbalus (L.). Bald Eagle. Dark brown; 

 head, neck, and tail white (after the third year) ; bill and feet 

 yellow. L. 36. W. 25. T. 14. N. Am., everywhere. "Com- 

 mon, for an eagle; a piratical parasite of the Osprey, otherwise 

 notorious as the emblem of the Republic." (Coues.') (XeuKos, 

 white; KccfxiKfj, head.) 



