. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. 206 FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. labored, and when on the wing this Hawk resembles the Osprey more than any other bird of prey. . " Of 49 stomachs examined, 40 contained mice; 5, other mammals; 1, lizards; 1, insects; and 4 were empty " (Pisher). 348> Archibuteo ferrugineus {LicM.). Ferruginous £ouGH-LEa. Ad.^ light phase.—Upper parts mostly rufous, the centers of the feathers fus- cous ; tail grayish white, margine
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. 206 FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. labored, and when on the wing this Hawk resembles the Osprey more than any other bird of prey. . " Of 49 stomachs examined, 40 contained mice; 5, other mammals; 1, lizards; 1, insects; and 4 were empty " (Pisher). 348> Archibuteo ferrugineus {LicM.). Ferruginous £ouGH-LEa. Ad.^ light phase.—Upper parts mostly rufous, the centers of the feathers fus- cous ; tail grayish white, margined with rufous; legs rufous, barred with black; rest of under parts white, more or less barred with rufous on the sides and belly; tarsi fully feathered in front. Im.—Upper parts dark grayish brown, slightly varied with ochraceous-butf; tail silvery grayish brown, without bare, the base white; under parts white, lightly spotted and streaked with fuscous. Dark pTiase.—Dark fuscous-brown, more or less varied with rufous; prima- ries and tail as in the ad. L., 23-00; W., 17-00; T., 10-60. Hemarhs.—This species is to be distinguished from the preceding prin- cipally by its much larger bill and differently colored tail and under parts. Bange.—" Western United States; east to and across the great plains (oc- casionally to Illinois); north to the Saskatchewan; south into Mexico " (Ben- dire). Nest, in trees or on the ground in rocky places. Eggs, two to four," white, or buffy white, usually more or less spotted, blotched, or clouded with brown or grayish purple (or both), 2-42 x 1-88 " (Kidgw.). This bird is rarely found east of the Mississippi. Dr. Pisher re- marks : " The Squirrel Hawk is pre-eminently a bird of the prairie, and, unlike the common Eough-leg, shows little partiality to the vicinity of water, though in other respects it closely resembles the latter bird in habits.'' 349. Aqiiilachrysaetos (linn.). Golden Eaole. Ad.—Back of the head
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