428 BIRDS—FALCONID.. 
For a number of years, sportsmen reported a pair of Albino Hawks in 
the vicinity of Shadeville, in this county. For some time all attempts 
to capture them were unavailing, but one was shot about three years 
since, which proved to be of this species. It was pure white, with a 
single normal-colored tail feather, the only color-mark by which the 
species could be distinguished. Last winter its mate was winged and 
captured. This bird was entirely white. Nothing is known of their 
progeny, and it is probable they did not inherit the peculiarity of their 
parents. 
The nest of the Red-tailed Buzzard is placed in high trees. The eggs 
are usually three in number, white, blotched with light reddish-brown. 
They measure about 2.40 by 2.00. 
ButkoO LINEATUS (Gm.) Jardine. 
Eved-shouldered Buzzard. 
Falco hyemalis, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 183%, 161, 178.— Reap, Fam. Visitor, iii, 
1852, 228; Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 395. 
Falco buteodes, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 161, 178. 
Falco lineatus, READ, Proc. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 395. 
Buteo lineatus, READ, Fam. Visitor, iii, 1852, 236.—KaxkpeaTRIcK, Ohio Farmer, vii, 1258, 
115; Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 356.—WueEaTon, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 
1861, 360; Reprint, 2; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 1875, 570; Re- 
print, 10.—LAaNGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 13; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. 
Hist., 1, 1879, 180; Reprint, 14. 
Red-shouldered Hawk, K1IrTLAND, Fam. Visitor, i, 1850, 1. 
Falco lineatus, GMELIN, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 263. 
Falco hyemalis, GMELIN, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 274. 
Falco buieodes, NUTTALL, Man., i, 1832, 100. 
Buteo lineatus, JARDINE, Am. Orn, ii, 1832, 290. 
Four outer primaries emarginate on inner web. General plumage of the adult of a 
rich fulvous cast; above, reddish-brown, the feathers with dark-brown centres; below 
a liguter shade of the same, with narrow dark streaks and white bars; quills and tail 
blackish conspicuously banded with pure white; the bend of the wing erange-brown. 
Young plain dark-brown above, below white with dark streaks; quills and tail barred 
with whitish. Nearly as long as B. borealis, but not nearly so heavy ; tarsi more naked. 
Female, 22; wing,14; tail, 9; male,19; wing, 13; tail, 8 (average). 
Habitat, United States and British Provinces. Nova Scotia. Var. elegans, westward. 
Common resident. Breeds. The Red-shouldered Buzzard, Hen Hawk 
or Winter Falcon, is common in all parts of the State, though in many 
places it appears complementary to the last species. In this vicinity 
it is more numerous in winter than in summer, returning northwardly 
in spring or to the most retired localities to breed. 
