RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 
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the ground. On approaching these places, the kee-od became 
very loud and angry. 
Winter — This large American Buzzard is notun- 
common in this vicinity, as well as in the neighborhood of 
Philadelphia, where Wilson met with it along the marshes and 
meadows, feeding almost wholly upon frogs. It is abundant 
toward winter. It appears to have very much the manners 
of the European Buzzard, remaining inactive for hours to- 
gether on the edges of wet meadows, perched upon the larger 
limbs of trees, and at times keeping up a regular quailing and 
rather hoarse keigh-oo, keigh-oo, which at intervals is answered 
by the mate. When approached, it commonly steals off to 
some other tree at no great distance from the first ; but if 
the pursuit be continued, it flies out and hovers at a consider- 
able height. It is also an inhabitant of Hudson’s Bay and 
Newfoundland. 
Nuttall regarded the old and young as distinct species, giving 
to them not only distinctive names, but a different distribution. 
Taken together, liis two biographies tell about all that is yet known 
of the habits and range of the species. It is found throughout this 
faunal province, from the Gulf States to the southern bolder of the 
fur countries, has been taken at York factory on Hudsons Bay, 
and is common in Manitoba. 
Note. — The Florida Red-Shouldered Hawk {Butco linea- 
tus alleni) is a Southern form restricted to florida and Texas. 
It differs from true lineatus in having the rufous tinge on the 
head and neck replaced by brownish gray. 
