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Red-shotjlkered TIawk— Misapplied names: Hen Hawk • 
Chicken Hawk —(Buteo lineatus). 
A common hawk, with much brownish-red on head, shoulders, breast and 
belly. The tail and primaries are black, with broad bars of white. The throat 
is streaked with blackish, and the breast and belly are much barred with white 
or whitish. 
Breeds in eastern North America to Canada. Winters more southerly. 
Resident, but most abundant in winter. 
Broad-winged Hawk —(Buteo platypterus ). 
A dark-colored hawk, with grayish tail, crossed by two broad, dark bars; 
under parts brownish, heavily barred. The primaries are without reddish 
markings and the three outer ones are notched on the inner web. 
Breeds in eastern North America, north to New Brunswick. Winters south¬ 
ward to northern South America. Rather rare visitant. 
American Rough-legged Hawk —(Archibuteo lagopus sanrti - 
johannis ). 
A large, dark-brownish hawk, with rough, feathered legs and the under parts 
spotted with black and buffy. Tire basal half of the tail is almost white and 
the rest very dark, but usually showing two or three grayish bars. The spotted 
under parts form a dark band across the belly. This rather sluggish, low- 
flying, almost exclusively mouse-eating hawk, is more nocturnal in its habits 
than any other of our species. 
Breeds chiefly north of United States. Winters southward to Middle States. 
Winter visitant, almost entirely restricted to the marshes bordering our larger 
streams. 
Golden Eagle —(Aquila clirysaetos ). 
A very large, blackish-brown bird, with lighter, almost golden, back head and 
back neck ; base of the tail, for more than half its length, is white, and the tarsus 
is white-feathered to the toes. 
Breeds in northern parts of Northern Hemisphere. Winters the same. Ir¬ 
regular straggler in winter. 
Bald Eagle —(Ilciliajetus le . ucocephalus '). 
A very large, dark-colored eagle, with white head, neck and tail. This adult 
condition is not reached till the third year; before this, the whole plumage is 
nearly black, but white mottlings gradually appear on the portions that finally 
become entirely white. The lower part of the tarsus is bare of feathers and is 
covered with numerous rounded scales. 
Bieeds in whole of North America. Winters the same. Resident, though 
most frequently seen during migrations. 
Duck Hawk; Peregrine Falcon ; Great-footed Hawk — (Falco 
peregrinus ana-tum). 
A dark, bluish-slate-colored hawk, with the under parts cream-buff, much 
spotted with black, except on the breast; tail indistinctly barred with blackish 
and tipped with a narrow, white band. 
