WINTER HAWK. 
Buteo LINEATOS. 
Char. Adult : general color dark reddish brown ; head and neck ru- 
fous : below, lighter, with dark streaks and light bars ; wings and tail 
black with white bars ; lesser wing-coverts chestnut. Young, with little 
of the rufous tinge, below, buffy with dark streaks. Length ig to 22 
inches. 
Nest. In a tree ; of loosely arranged twigs, lined with grass and 
feathers. 
Egi;s. 2-4 ; bluish white or buffy blotched with brown ; 2.20 X 1.70. 
This very elegant Hawk does not migrate or inhabit very 
far to the north. It is never seen in Massachusetts, nor per- 
i haps much farther than the State of Pennsylvania. In the 
' Southern States, during winter, these birds are very common in 
swampy situations, where their quailing cry of mutual recogni- 
I tion may be heard from the depths of the dark forest almost 
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