HAWKS 13 



Washington, common P. R. Ossining, common P. R. Cam- 

 bridge, common, Apl.-Nov., less common in winter. N. Ohio, 

 common P. R. Glen Ellyn, P. R., more common than the Red- 

 tail; chiefly T. V. 



A medium-sized, heavy-bodied Hawk with wings which, 

 when closed, reach well toward the tip of the tail. It 

 lives both in the woods and open places, and may be flushed 

 from the border of a brook or seen soaring high in the air. 

 Its note, frequently uttered, as it swings in wide circles, 

 is a distinctive Khe-you, Kee-you, quite unlike the call 

 of any of our other Hawks. It is often well imitated by the 

 Blue Jay. The Red-shoulder feeds chiefly on mice and 

 frogs. It nests in trees 30-60 feet up and, in April, lays 

 3-5 eggs, white marked with brown. 



The Florida Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus 

 alleni), a smaller form with grayer head and paler under- 

 parts, is a resident in Florida and along the coast from 

 South Carolina to Mexico. It nests in February. 



BROAD-WINGED HAWK 

 Buteo -platypterus 



With a general resemblance to the Red-shouldered Hawk, but 

 smaller; no red on the bend of the wing, or rusty in the primaries, 

 only the outer three of which are 'notched.' L., male, 15!; 

 female, i6|. 



Range. Eastern North America. Breeding from the Gulf 

 States to the St. Lawrence; winters from Ohio and Delaware to 

 S. A.; migrates northward in March. 



Washington, uncommon P. R. Ossining, tolerably common 

 S. R., Mch. 15-Oct. 23. Cambridge, uncommon T. V. in early 

 fall, rare in spring and summer; Apl. 25-Sept. 30. N. Ohio, 

 not common P. R. Glen Ellyn, not common S. R., Apl. 10- 

 Oct. 4. SE. Minn., common S. R., Mch. 11. 



A rather retiring, unwary Hawk which nests in thick 

 woods and is less often seen in the open than the Red- 

 shoulder, but, when migrating, hundreds pass high in the 

 air, with other Hawks. Its call is a high, thin, penetrat- 



