BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 



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Table showing the results of examinations of 65 stomachs of the Broad-winged Hawk 

 {Buteo latissimus) — Continued. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 

 or same 

 birds. 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Miscellaneous. 



Highland Falls, N. Y. 



Aug. 23, 1879 

 Apr. 25, 1880 



Sept. 11, 1880 

 ....do 















Meadow mice, 

 mole. 



Short -tailed 

 shrew, m e a - 

 dow mice. 





Hudson Kiver, N". Y. . . 



Highland Falls, N. Y . . 

 Do 















Beetles. 



Apr. 30, 1883 

 May 2,1889 



Sept. 2,1890 

 ....do 







Empty. 

 Red-bellied 





i 





Spring Valley, Penn. . . 

 Do 









snake, dragon- 

 Ay. 









frog, crawfish, 

 earth worm, 6 

 katy-dids, 3 

 rock crickets, 

 cricket, cicada, 

 squash beetle, 

 2 other beetles, 

 19 larvae. 





May 22, 1890 

 Sept. 26, 1890 



do 







4 short-tailed 

 shrews. 



rock crickets, 

 23 katy-dids, 44 

 larvae. 



Do 

















grasshopper, 

 beetle. 

 3 katy-dids, 3 

 grasshoppers, 

 2 larvae. 



Sandy Spring, Md 



Do 



Apr. 26, 1891 

 Nov. 26, 1891 



Sept. 25, 1889 



May 13,1892 

 ....do 







1 short-tailed 

 shrew. 







2 caterpillars. 



1 katy-did, 1 spi- 

 der, 1 sphinx 

 larva. 

















Do 







Young rabbit, 2 

 short-tailed 

 shrews. 



ard, 1 beetle. 



Sandy Spring, Md 



A ug. 20, 1892 







ard. 



34 grasshoppers, 

 6 cicadas, 1 

 large walnut 

 moth larva, 

 polyphemus 

 larva. 









SUiMMARY. — Of 65 stomachs examined, 2 contained small birds ; 15. mice; f 3, other mammals; 11, rep- 

 tiles ; 13, batrachians ; 30, insects ; 2, earth worms ; 4, crawfish ; and 7 were empty. 



SHORT-TAILED HAWK. 



Buteo brachyurus. 



The Short-tailed Hawk, or Little Black Hawk as it is designated in 

 the melanistic phase of plumage, inhabits tropical America, except the 

 West Indies, ran gin g northward to northern Mexico and Florida. Along 

 the gulf coast of the latter State it is of rare but regular occurrence. 



In the spring of 1889 Mr. G. J. Pennock found a pair nesting at St. 

 Marks, Fla., and secured the female, together with one egg. The nest 

 was situated in a pine tree, and consisted of an old nest of a heron 

 remodeled by the addition of a lining of green cypress twigs. The cry 

 which the bird emitted as it circled near the tree resembled somewhat 



