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fields as in the woods. It may be easily distinguished from 
the other large hawks by the bright rufous of its tail, which 
may have a band of dusky near the tip. 
128. (339.) ButTEo LinEatus (Gmel.). 172. 
Red-shouldered Hawk. 
Synonyms: Falco hyemalis, F. lineatus, F. buteodes. 
Red-shouldered Buzzard, Winter Hawk, Chicken Hawk. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 161, 178. 
In northern Ohio this hawk is the most numerous large 
hawk, the little Sparrow Hawk alone outnumbering it. It is 
less common during the winter than during the summer, and 
may be absent for three or four weeks in the latter part of 
January and February when the cold is severest. It seems 
to be much less common, if present at all, in the southern 
part of the state in summer. I did not see it along the Ohio 
river in August. It may be known from the other large 
hawks by the lack of any rufous on the tail and by the mod- 
erate length of its tail. Its cry is pil ye, pil ye, differing 
from the cry of the Red-tail, which is a continuous scream. 
There seems to be no evidence that this hawk eats poul- 
try. Dr. Fisher states that it eats mammals, birds, snakes, 
frogs, fish, insects, centipeds, spiders, crawfish, earth- 
worms, and snails. Its food is therefore more varied than 
that of any other member of this order. It is distinctly 
beneficial, and if injurious at all so very little so that it may 
not be counted as cause for the death sentence except on the 
rarest of occasions. 
The general habits of this hawk resemble those of the 
Red-tail, but its nest is not placed so high, usually, and it 
is not quite so wary. 
129. (348.) ButrEo PLATYPTERUS (Vieill.). 173. 
Broad-winged Hawk. 
Synonyms: Buteo pennsylvanicus, Falco pennsylvanicus, F. latis- 
simus, B. latissimus. 
Broad-winged Buzzard. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 161, 178. 
