. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 468 Field Museum of Natural History—Zoology, Vol. IX. a few imperfect brown bars, the upper surface of outer webs, entirely without white; upper parts, dark brown, the feathers margined with pale brown and pale rufous brown; tail, dark brown, with two grayish white bars and tipped with whitish; feathers of the under parts heav- ily barred with reddish brown and dull white. Immature: Differs from the adult in having more buff about the head; under parts, buffy white, streaked with dark brown; tail, grayish brown, with several rather obscure a
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 468 Field Museum of Natural History—Zoology, Vol. IX. a few imperfect brown bars, the upper surface of outer webs, entirely without white; upper parts, dark brown, the feathers margined with pale brown and pale rufous brown; tail, dark brown, with two grayish white bars and tipped with whitish; feathers of the under parts heav- ily barred with reddish brown and dull white. Immature: Differs from the adult in having more buff about the head; under parts, buffy white, streaked with dark brown; tail, grayish brown, with several rather obscure and irregular bands of dark brown, the tips, whitish. The size, combined with having only the three outer primaries notched, will distinguish this species. Male: Length, to ; wing, to 11; tail, to 7; tarsus, Female: Length, to ; wing, 11 to ; tail, about ; tarsus, if mm'. Broad-winged Hawk (adult). The Broad-winged Hawk is common during the migrations and a more or less common summer resident in Illinois and Wisconsin, and breeds in many localities. Nests in trees, usually at a considerable height from the ground. The eggs are three to five, dull white or pale buff, blotched and washed with different shades of brown. They meas- ure about X inches. Incubation usually begins in May in this latitude. There is a set of three eggs in the Field Museum col- lection taken at Joliet, 111., May 10, 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Chicago
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