140 OUR WINTER BIRDS 



bird on the ground unawares, they do not, as it were, 

 fly him down. 



I have placed these Hawks in the group of "Birds 

 of the Woods," for they all nest in the forests and 

 are true wood-inhabiting Hawks. Still we shall find 

 them also in the fields wherever there are trees in 

 which the mouse-hunters may watch or the bird- 

 hunters hide. 



The Red-shoulder and the Red-tail 



The Red-shoulder is not quite so large as the 

 Red-tail and has the underparts reddish brown with- 

 out black markings. Its call is a fierce "Kee-you, 

 kee-you" uttered as the bird sails in wide circles, 

 often so high that he is but a mere speck in the sky. 

 The Blue Jay imitates this call so well that if he 

 did not usually follow it with some notes of his own, 

 one would think a Hawk was near by. 



The adult Red-tail may be known by the reddish 

 brown tail-feathers with a single black bar, and the 

 broken band of black markings crossing its under- 

 parts. The immature bird has the tail barred and 

 may be mistaken for a Red-shoulder but for the 

 black markings below. This Hawk may best be 

 known by its cry, a high, long-drawn squealing "Kee- 

 ee-ee-ee-e." 



Both the Red-shoulder and Red-tail build bulky 



