200 FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES. ETC. 
     
    
   
   
    
     the eye; inner tail—feathers like the back, outer ones more fuscous, and slightly 
     
     marked with blackish; tip whitish; entire under parts evenly marked with 
     
     irregular, wavy bars of gray and white, the feathers of the throat and breast 
     
     with darker shaft streaks. 1m.#Upper parts l'useens, margined with rut'ous; 
     
     primaries barred with black; tail brownish gray, barred with blaek; under 
     
     parts white or bully; streaked with black. 6 la; 2200; W., 13'00; '1‘., 10'00; 
     
     B. from N., ‘65. 9 L., 24'00; W., 1340; T.; 11'50. 
     
    

    
     [i’rzngaglireeds from the northern United States northward, and winters 
     
     as far south as Virginia. 
     
    

    
     Washington. casual in winter. Sing Sing; rare W. V., Oet. 10 to Jun. 14. 
     
     Cambridge; irregular and uncommon W. V. 
     
    

    
     Just, in trees. Jig/gs, two to five, " white, or glaueous—white; sometimes 
     
     very faintly marked with pale brownish, 2'31 x I'M” tRidgw.). 
     
    
   
   
    
     With the general habits of the two preceding species this larger 
     
     bird is much bolder than either. Dr. Fisher remarks: “ This species 
     
     is one of the most daring of all the Hawks, and while in pursuit of 
     
     its prey is apparently less concerned by the presence of man than any 
     
     other. It will dart down unexpectedly at the very feet of the farther 
     
    
   
   
    
     and carry off a fowl.” 
     
     “ Of 28 stomachs examined, 9 contained poultry or game birds; 2, 
     
    
   
   
    
     other birds; 10, mammals; 3, insects; 1, centiped; and 8 were empty ” 
     
     (Fisher). 
     
    
   
   
    
     337. Buteo borealls (GI/261.). RED-TAILEI) HAWK; HEN HAWK; 
     
     Cniexnx IIAWK. Ar/.—Upper parts dark grayish brown or fuscous—brown, 
     
     more or less edged with rufous, oehraeeous-buti; and whitish ; four outer pri- 
     
     maries " notched,” the outer one not regularly barred; wing—coverts not edged 
     
     with rufous: tail rich rufous, with a narrow black band near its end and a 
     
     white tip; upper breast heavily streaked with grayish brown and oehraeeous- 
     
     butt"; lower breast lightly streaked and sometimes without streaks; upper 
     
     belly streaked, spotted, or barred with black or blackish. forming.r a kind of 
     
     broken band across the belly; lower belly generally white without. streaks. 
     
     1177.-——Slt1’llltli‘, but the tail of about the same color as the back; crossed by 
     
     numerous more or less distinct blackish bands; no rufous in the markings of 
     
     the under parts. 6 L.;'.£CI'OO; W., 15130; '1‘.; 9'25; B. from N; '95. 9 L.,‘.33‘00: 
     
     \V., term; T., 0'75. 
     
    

    
     [Baum—Eastern North America. breeding throughout most of its range. 
     
    

    
     Washington. common \V. V., rare S. R. Sim: Sing; common P. R.: less 
     
     common in winter. Cambridge, comnmn W. V., Nov. to Apl. : a few S. R. 
     
    

    
     Alas-t, in trees. thirty to seventy feet from the ground. 113/113. two to Your, 
     
     dull white, generally seantily and irregularly marked with shades of cinnu» 
     
     men—brown; 2‘40 x 1'85. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Red-tailed Hawk resembles its near relative, the litakshoul- 
     
     dered Ilawk, in the selection of its haunts, and. to a large extent, in 
     
     habits. It. is to be distinguished in life from that species by its larger 
     
     size, which. even in the field, is noticeable. and by its call. The usual