. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . nd rivers inthe interior, it usually arrives in NewEngland about the first of April and de-parts to the south again in the fall. Ac-cording to Audubon some of them winterabout New-Orleans. This hawk subsists,as its name would imply, principally up-on fish, which it takes by hovering overthe water and plunging upon them as theyrise near the surface and then hears themoff in its talons. They sometimes catchfishes in this way weighing four or fivepounds. They breed all along th
. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . nd rivers inthe interior, it usually arrives in NewEngland about the first of April and de-parts to the south again in the fall. Ac-cording to Audubon some of them winterabout New-Orleans. This hawk subsists,as its name would imply, principally up-on fish, which it takes by hovering overthe water and plunging upon them as theyrise near the surface and then hears themoff in its talons. They sometimes catchfishes in this way weighing four or fivepounds. They breed all along the coastof the middle states. Their nest is usu-ally placed in the top of a large tree nearthe shore and is of great size, sometimesmeasuring four feet in diameter and thesame in height. It is composed of sticksintermingled and lined with seaweed andgrass. The eggs are 3 or 1 in number, ofan oval form, yellowish white color andspotted with reddish brown. The arrivalof the Fish Hawk along the sea coast inthe spring is hailed with joy by the fish-ermen, who regard it as the harbinger ofthe arrival of shoals of ^V#\ THE RED-SHOULDERED Lincutus.— —Color of the head, neckand back, yellowish brown, resulting fromthe feathers being dark brown, edged withferruginous ; wings, and wing covertsspotted and lipped with white ; tail darkbrown, tipped with white, crossed by fournarrow grayish white bars. Breast andbelly bright ferruginous, with a black linealong tin- shafts of the feathers, ami spotsof yellowish white. Vent, femorals, andunder tail coverts, of a tight ochrcy tint,with some of the feathers spotted withbrown, and the outer femorals long andbarred with ferruginous. Legs and feetbright yellow ; bill and claws dark horncolor. Length of the specimen before me,19 inches ; folded wing 13, reaching he- Chap. 3. BIRDS OF VERMONT. 61 T1IL UHOAII-W1NUKU HAWK. THE yond the tliird white bar on the tail ; tailCt, reaching 2£ beyond the folded w
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