684 SYNOPSIS OF 
12. Falco sparvenius, Linn. — Sparrow Hawk, Wilson, pp. 171 and 
300. 
Habitat, throughout the Union; rare near Boston. Male and Female, 12. 
Falco sparverius, Bonap. Syn. p. 27. Nutt. i. 58. Rich. §& Swain. F. B. A. ii. 31. 
Aud. ii. 248; v 370; Syn. p. 17; plate 142. 
SUBGENUS BUTEO, Bechst. 
13. Falco vulgaris, Willoughby. — Common Buzzard. 
General plumage, chocolate brown; primaries, black; inner webs, 
white, barred with brownish black ; tail, with ten dusky bars on a reddish 
brown ground, the last dark bar broadest; under parts, yellowish white. 
Habitat, Fur Countries and Rocky Mountains. Female, 23. Nests in trees. 
Eggs, five, greenish white, with dark brown blotches. 
Buteo vulgaris, Aud. Syn. p.5, Rich. § Swain. F. B, A. ii. 47. — Falco buteo, Aud. 
iv. 508; plate 372. 
14, Falco Harrisii, 4ud. — Harris’s Buzzard. 
Plumage, chocolate brown; wing-coverts, reddish brown ; upper tail- 
coverts, base, and end of tail, white. Female, 24. Habitat, Mississippi. 
Falco Harrisii, Aud. v.30; plate 392. — Buteo Harrisii, Aud. Syn. p. 5. 
15. Falco Harlani. — Black Warrior. 
Plumage, chocolate brown, glossed with bluish gray ; tail, lighter than 
back, narrowly barred with brownish black, and tipped with brownish 
red; lower parts, paler, anteriorly streaked, posteriorly barred with brown- 
ish black. Male, 21,45. Female, 22. Habitat, Louisiana. 
Falco Warlani, Aud, i. 441; v. 380; plate 86. Mutt. i. 105. — Buteo Harlani, 4ud. 
Syn. p.7. 
16. Falco lineatus, Gmel. — Red-shouldered or Winter Hawk, Wil- 
son, pp. 314 and 457. 
Habitat, Eastern and Middle States. Nests in trees. Eggs, grayish 
white, blotched with dark brown. Male, 16,38. Female, 19. 
Falco lincatus, Jud. i.29G; v. 389; plates 56 and 71. — Falco hyemalis, Bonap. Syn. 
p. 33. Mutt. i. 106, . Aud. i. 354; Syn. p. 7. 
17. she ae Wilson. — Broad-winged Hawk, Wilson, 
p- js ; 
_ Habitat, Eastern and Middle States. Nests in trees. Eggs, five, gray- 
ish white, blotched with dark brown. Male, 16,38. Female, 19. 
Faleo Peunsylvinicus, Bonap. Syn. p, 29. Mutt. i. 105. Aud. i. 461, and vy. 377 ; 
plate 91. — Buteo Pennsylvanicus, saw. Syn. p. 7. 
18. Falco lagopus, Hilson. —Rough-legged Hawk, Wilson, pp. 302 
and 456. 3 
Habitat, northern portion of North America. Nests in low trees. Male, 
214, 513. Female, 23. 
Falco niger, Wilson, —Faleo ligopus, Bonap, Sun, p. 32. Rich. & Swain. F. B. A. 
ii. 52. Wilson, iv. 59, and v. 216, Aud, iit. 377, and v. 217, — Falco Sancti Johan- 
nis, Bonap. Syn. p. 32. — Buteo lagopus, dud. Syn. p 83 plates 166 and 422. 
19. Falco borealis, Gmel.-— Red-tailed Hawk, Wilson, pp. 450 and 452. 
