MARSH HAWKa 
natural subje6LS, and found a very good agree- 
ment between them." 
Gmelin, and Mr. Latham, seem to tliiiii-: 
that the Falco Uliglnosus^ or Marsh Hawk ; 
the Falco Buironi, or Scarlet Hawk , tlie Falco 
Hudsonius, or Hudson's Bay Hawk ,; and the 
Falco Pygargus, or Ring-Tailed Hawk ; are 
only varieties of the same species. Mr. La- 
.l:ha;n, in particusar, gives the general name 
of Rh;g-Tail to all of them. 
The Marsh Hawk is said to inhabit Ja- 
maica, as well as Pennsylvania; but is found 
in the latter country, only during the summer, 
aVc do not, however, find this Hawk men- 
tioned by Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, in his 
ingenious Fragments of the Natural Flistoiy 
.ot Pennsylvania. 
It is true, that -this gentleman tells us — " It 
must not be imagined, that I communicate 
tliese sketches to the public ay exliibrtiiig even 
the names of all the n:iigrarory birds of Penn- 
sylvania. I am persuaded that many of these 
birds 
