BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 
Buteo latissimus. 
Char. Above, dull brown, the feathers with paler edges; tail brown 
With four light bars and tipped with white; below, huffish or tawny, 
barred and streaked with rufous ; wings short and broad. Length 13^ to 
I S inches. 
Nest. In a tree ; loosely built of twigs, and lined with leaves and 
feathers. 
T^ggs, 2-4 ; huffish, blotched with reddish brown of various shades ; 
1-90 X 1.55. 
This species was obtained by Wilson, in the vicinity of 
Philadelphia, in the act of feeding on a meadow-mouse. On 
being approached, it uttered a whining whistle and flew to 
another tree, where it was shot. Its great breadth of wing, as 
well as of the head and body, compared with its length, ap- 
pears remarkably characteristic. The following day the mate 
was observed sailing in wide circles, the wings scarcely moving, 
an presenting almost a semi-circular outline. These two in- 
dividuals appear to be all that were known to Wilson of this 
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