From Texas to Nova Scotia, and westward to the Missouri. Very abundant. Resident.
Red-shouldered Hawk, Falco lineatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vi. p. 86. Young.
Winter Falcon, Falco hyemalis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 73. Adult.
Falco hyemalis, Bonap. Syn. p. 33.
Winter Falcon or Red-shouldered Hawk, Falco hyemalis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 106.
Red-shouldered Hawk, Falco lineatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 296; v. v. p. 380.
Winter Hawk, Falco hyemalis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 364. Young.
10. 6. Buteo Pennsylvanicus, Wils. Broad-winged Buzzard.
Plate XCI. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female.
General colour of upper parts umber-brown; quills blackish-brown, the greater part of their inner webs whitish, with narrow dusky bands; tail with three very broad bands of dark brown; alternating with two broad white bands, and the tips brownish-white; cheeks reddish-brown, with a dark mystachial band; lower parts yellowish-white, barred with light brown, that colour predominating anteriorly. Female similar, lighter above, more tinged with red beneath, where the spots are larger and more irregular. Young with the upper parts brown, streaked and spotted with white; the tail light greyish-brown, with seven dusky bars; lower parts yellowish-white, longitudinally marked with linear-oblong brown spots.
Male, 16, 38. Female, 19.
From Maryland to Nova Scotia. Rare in the interior.
Broad-winged Hawk, Falco Pennsylvanicus, Wils. Amer. Ornith. v. vi. p. 92.
Falco Pennsylvanicus, Bonap. Syn. p. 29.
Broad-winged Hawk, Falco Pennsylvanicus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 105.
Broad-winged Hawk, Falco Pennsylvanicus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 461, v. v. p. 377.
11. 7. Buteo lagopus, Vigors. Rough-legged Buzzard.