BROAD-WINGED BUZZARD. AIG 
For a number of years adult and young birds were supposed to be of 
different species, as will be seen by the nomenclature and references 
above. The common name, Winter Falcon, more properly belongs to the 
young of this species. 
The Red-shouldered Hawk, like the preceding, visits the barnyard, but, 
as a rule, his diet is more humble, and he seeks his food in swamps and 
retired places. In winter he sometimes visits the roadside, or perches 
upon fences in fields, by the hour. 
The nest of the Red shouldered Buzzard is built of sticks and twigs, 
lined with moss and a few feathers, and placed in high trees. The eggs 
resemble those of the preceeding species in color, but measure about 2.20 
by 1.78. 
BUTEO PENNSYLVANICUS (Wils.) Bp. 
WBroad-winged Buzzard. 
Falco pennsylvanicus, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 161, 178.—ReEaD,:Proe. Phila, 
Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 395. 
Buteo pennsylvanicus, KIRKPATRICK, Ohio Farmer, vii, 1858, 107 ; Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1858, 
304.—W HEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 360; Reprint, 1861, 2; Food of Birds, etc., 
Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1574, 570; Reprint, 1875, 10.—LaNGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 
1877, 13; Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1878, 116; Reprint, 7; Revised List, Journ. 
Cin. Soé. Nat, Hist., i, 1879, 180; Reprint, 14. 
Broad-winged Hawk, KIRTLAND, Fam. Visitor, i, 1350, 1. 
Falco pennsylvanicus, WILSON, Am. Orn., vi, 1812, 92. 
Buteo pennsylvanicus, BONAPARTE, Osserv. Cav. R. A, 55. 
Three outer primaries emarginate on inner web. Above, umber brown, the feathers 
with paler, or even with fulvous or ashy- white edging, those of the hind head and nape 
cottony-white at base; quills blackish, most of the inner webs white, barred with 
dusky ; tail with three broad dark zones alternating with narrow white ones, and white 
tipped; conspicuous dark maxillary patches ; under parts white or tawny, variously 
streaked, spotted or barred with rusty or rufous, this color usually predominating in 
adult birds, when the white chiefly appears as oval or circular spots on each feather ; 
throat generally whiter than elsewhere, narrowly dark-lined In the young the upper 
parts are duller brown, varied with white, the under parts tawny whitish with linear 
and oblong dark spots, the tail grayish-brown with numerous dark bars. Female, 18 ; 
wing, 11; tail, 7; male, less. 
Habitat, Temperate Eastern North America. South to Costa Rica, Panama, and 
Eeuador. Cuba. 
Not common resident, except, perhaps, in winter. Breeds. This Hawk 
is much less abundant than the other members of the genus, and appears 
<0 be of much milder disposition than they. In the vicinity of this city 
it 1s quite rare, and only found in the most retired situations, generally in 
wooded swamps. Insome portions of the State it appears to be more com- 
mon. Dr. Kirtland says that it is common and breeds in Northern Ohio, 
