Male, 103/4, 27. Female, 14, 30.
From Texas northward. Breeds in the Labrador and Arctic regions. Abundant. Migratory.
Pigeon Hawk, Falco columbarius, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 107.
Falco columbarius, Bonap. Syn. p. 38.
Pigeon Hawk, Falco columbarius, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 60.
Little Corporal Hawk, Falco temerarius, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 61. Adult Male.
Falco columbarius, Pigeon Hawk, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 35.
Falco Æsalon, Merlin, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 37.
Pigeon Hawk, Falco columbarius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 466; Young, v. i. p. 381, Male; v. v. p. 368.
22. 4. Falco sparverius, Linn. Sparrow Falcon.—Sparrow Hawk.
Plate CXLII. Male and Female.
Male with the upper part of the head and wing-coverts light greyish-blue, seven black spots round the head, and a light red patch on the crown; back light red, spotted with black; tail red, with a broad subterminal black band. Female with the head nearly as in the male, the back, wing-coverts, and tail, banded with light red and dusky. Young similar to the female, but with more red on the head, which is streaked with dusky.
Male, 12. Female, 12.
Generally distributed. Resident in the south. Abundant.
American Sparrow-Hawk, Falco sparverius, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 117.
Falco sparverius, Bonap. Syn. p. 27.
American sparrow-hawk, Falco sparverius, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 58.
Falco sparverius, Little Rusty-crowned Falcon, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 31.
American Sparrow-Hawk, Falco sparverius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 246; v. v. p. 370.