BLACK HAWK. 
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of dusky and a large bar of Hack, and tipt with dull 
H; u ings as in the ju’eceding-j their lining variegated 
1^0 black, white, and ferruginous ; throat and breast 
owuisjj yellow, dashed with black ; belly beautifully 
^ '■'egated with spots of white, black, and pale ferrugi- 
> femorals and feathered legs the same, but rather 
; vent, i)lain brownish white, 
the original colour of these birds in their young state 
probably be pale brown, as the present individual 
a to be changing to a darker colour on the neck 
bk the head. This change, from pale brown to 
hy is not greater than some of the genus are actually 
H ?"'U to undergo. One great advantage of examining 
be'!!?’ hilled specimens, is, that whatever may 
the difference of colour between any two, the eye, 
^dliteuance, and form of the head, instantly betray the 
jjTHton family to which they belong ; for this family 
sL.®'‘ess is never lost in the living bird, though in stuffed 
ei,iV^ and preserved specimens it is fre^piently entirely 
‘derated. I have no hesitation, therefore, in giving 
Hre opinion, that the present and preceding birds 
the same species, differing only in age, both being 
Of the female I am unable at present to speak. 
h,^*®''nant, in his a<-count of the chocolate-coloured 
which is,Tery])robably,the same with the present 
sp<‘e‘es, observes, that it preys much on 
it ; s, sitting on a rock, and watching their rising, when 
.^tautly strikes them. 
bet traveling our sea coast and salt marshes, 
bolrt' Cape May and Egg Harbour, 1 wa-s everywhere 
as a cluc/i huwh, noted for striking down ducks on 
*bctiF’ bhough ffying with their usual rapidity. Many 
<-til **','*’§®ncies were mingled with these accounts, parti- 
bon btnt it always struck the ducks with its breast- 
a,,p"'hich was universally said topro.iectseveral inches, 
des stronn- and sharp. From the best verbal 
SUsw'Pb’ous I ixiuld obtain of this hawk, I have strong 
^ Pieions that it is uo other than the black lum k, as its 
Were said to be long and very pointed, the colour 
y dark, the size nearly alike, and several other traits 
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