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tail deep brown; bill blue; feeds on fish, which he takes without 

 the assistance of others. 



"^White-tailed Eagle, — A bold and ferocious species; tips of the 

 tail feathers brown. Inhabits the northern states. 



^Ash'Colored Hawk. — Above a brownish ash; legs bluish ash, 

 half covered with feathers ; tail cinereous banded with white ; also 

 a native of the North. 



Fish Hawk, — A general inhabitant during summer of our whole 

 Atlantic coast. 



Barred-breasted Hawk. — Twenty inches long; above deep 

 brown ; breast rufous, barred with white. 



* Swallow-tailed Hawk. — Body blackish ; head and whole lower 

 parts pure white : a most elegant species ; inhabits the southern 

 and western states during summer; is often seen in the vicinity of 

 the Mississippi, between the towns of Natchez and Baton Rouge. 

 Tail very long, and remarkably forked. 



Neivfoundland Hawk. — Thighs ash-colored; legs half feather- 

 ed ; length twenty inches. 



Northern Hawk. — Above a lead color; below barred with 

 white ; eye reddish ; length eighteen inches : a rare species. 



Marsh Hawk. — Sides of the head and throat marked with a 

 circlet of white ; through the eye a stripe of black. Length two 

 feet. 



Speckled Hatvk ^ 



Great Hen Hawk I 



\ all well known. 

 Chicken Hawk I 



Red-tailed Hawk J 



