. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 74 BIRDS OF AMERICA RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin) A. O. U. Number 339 See Color Plate 47 Red-shouldered Buzzard; Big Other Names. Chicken Hawk; Hen Hawk; Winter Hawk General Description.— Length: male. 20 inches; female, 22 inches. Spread of wings, 44 to 50 inches. Color above, reddish-brown; below, lighter reddish- brown, barred and streaked. Four outer primaries notched on' inner webs; outer webs spotted with white or buff. Color.— Head, neck, and back, deep rufous, each feather with a blackish center stripe; chin, throat, a
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 74 BIRDS OF AMERICA RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin) A. O. U. Number 339 See Color Plate 47 Red-shouldered Buzzard; Big Other Names. Chicken Hawk; Hen Hawk; Winter Hawk General Description.— Length: male. 20 inches; female, 22 inches. Spread of wings, 44 to 50 inches. Color above, reddish-brown; below, lighter reddish- brown, barred and streaked. Four outer primaries notched on' inner webs; outer webs spotted with white or buff. Color.— Head, neck, and back, deep rufous, each feather with a blackish center stripe; chin, throat, and cheeks, dull white with a dusky indistinct mustache; under parts, light rufous, abdomen, sides, and middle of breast with transverse bars of buff; thigh feathers, pale ochraceous; lower tail-coverts, plain whitish; lesser Ti'iitg-covcrts, rufous or chestnut with black shaft streaks; shoulders and middle wing-coverts broadly edged with rufous; secondaries, dark brown tipped and crossed with two bands of whitish ; primaries, dusky- black fading at tips into grayish-brown with square spots of white on outer webs; rump, uniform brownish- black ; upper tail-coverts banded with the same color; tail, brownish-black barred with six sharply defined. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943. New York, The University Society
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