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breast, belly, and vent, pale rust, shafted with 
femorals, long-, tapering, and of the same pale rust 
legs, feathered near an inch below the knee. This 
a female. The male differs chiefly in being ran' 
lighter, and somewhat less. , .n 
This hawk is particulaidy serviceable to the rice ll*^j 
of the southern states, by the havoc it makes a'®*! j 
the clouds of rice buntings that spread such dev'astah , 
among that grain, in its early stage. As it sails 1*^ 
and swiftly, over the surface of the field, it keeps ' , 
flocks in perpetual fluctuation, and greatly interi’®lr|j 
their depredations. The planters consider one i®® L 
hawk to be equal to several negroes for alarming 
rice-birds. Formerly the marsh hawk used te, , 
numerous along the Schuylkill and Delaware, | 
the time the reeds were ripening, and the rced-b®^ 
abundant; but they have of hate years become h i 
numerous here. j J ' 
Mr Pennant considers the “ strong, thick, and 
legs ” of this s])ecies, as specific distinctions from 
ring-tailed hawk; the legs, however, are long 'x 
slender ; and a marsh hawk such as he has descf*’ 
avith strong, thick, and short legs, is no where 1® 
found in the United States. 
GENUS In — STRl^, Linnjsus. 
SUBGENUS I. — SUItXIA, DUMERIL. 
26. STSIX nUDSOKIJ, WILSON HAWK OWL. 
WILSON, PLATE L. FIG. VI EDINBURGH COLLEGE 
This is an inhabitant of both continents, a 
equivocal species, or rather a connecting link bctn.^^ti 
the hawk and owl tribes, resembling the latter in ),ii< 
and in the radiating feathers round the eye and bin > 
