684 SYNOPSIS OF 
12. Falco sparverius, Linn. — Sparrow Hawk, Wilson, pp. 171 and 
300. 7 ‘ 
Habitat, throughout the Union; tare near Beston. ‘Male and Female, 12. 
Falco sparverits, Bonap. Syn. p. 27. Nutt. i. 58. Rich. & Swain. F. B. A. ii. 31. 
Aud. ii. 246; v. 370; Syn. p. 17; plate 142. pet < 
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SUBGENUS BUTEO, Bechst. 
13. Falco vulgaris, Willoughby. — Common Buzzard. 
General plumage, chocolate brown; primaries, black 3 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, ud, 
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 -Harlani, @ud. i- 441; v. 380; plate 86. Mutt. i. 105. —Buteo Harlani, ud. 
Syn. p. 7. : i 
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 lineatas, Aud. i.296; v. 380; plates‘56 and 71.— Faleo hyemalis; Bonap. Syn. , 
p. 33, Mutt. i. 106. Aud. i. 364; Syn. p, 7. 
17. Falco Pennsylvanicus, Wilson. — Broad-winged Hawk, Wilson, 
p. 460. _ — : 
Habitat, Eastern and Middle States. Nests in trees. Eggs, five, gray- 
ish white, blotched with dark brown. Male, 16, 38. Female, 19. 
Falco Pennsylvanicus, Bonap. Syn. p. 29. Nutt. i. 105. Aud. i. 461, and v. 377; 
plate 91. — Buteo Pennsylvanicus, aud. Syn. p. 7. 
18, ales ae Wilson. — Rough-legged Hawk, Milson, pp..302 
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Habitat, northern portion of North America. Nests in low trees. Male, 
Q14, 515. Female, 23. mt 
, Falco niger, Wilson. — Falco lagopus. Bonap. Syn. p. 32. Rich. & Swain: F. B. A. 
ii, 52, Wilson, iv. 59, and v. 216, "Aud. ii. 377, and v. 217. — Palco Sancti Johan- 
nis, Bonap. Syn. p. 32. — Buteo lagopus, Aud. Syn. p. 8; plates 166 and 422, 
19. Falco borealis, Gel. — Red-tailed Hawk, Wilson, pp. 450 and 452, 
