. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Male. fJump and upper tail coverts, rufous brown ; tail, more or less marked withrufous brown; tarsus, less than ; second primary, longest. Sparrow Hawk. Falco No. 295. Rump and upper tail coverts, slaty browu; tarsus, over ; fourth primary,longest. Sharp=shinned Hawk. Arripiter Xo. 266. FAMILY FALCONII)^. —HAWKS, FALCONS, EA(;LES, ETC. 16,S. Ruiiip and upper tail covert?, dark lirown; lircast, streaked witli dark hrown : norufous l)ro\vu on tail; second primary, longest.

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. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Male. fJump and upper tail coverts, rufous brown ; tail, more or less marked withrufous brown; tarsus, less than ; second primary, longest. Sparrow Hawk. Falco No. 295. Rump and upper tail coverts, slaty browu; tarsus, over ; fourth primary,longest. Sharp=shinned Hawk. Arripiter Xo. 266. FAMILY FALCONII)^. —HAWKS, FALCONS, EA(;LES, ETC. 16,S. Ruiiip and upper tail covert?, dark lirown; lircast, streaked witli dark hrown : norufous l)ro\vu on tail; second primary, longest. Pigeon cohimhari7t.\See No. 292. Group 2. Wing, to inches long. Second j>riinaiy, lonj^est. Pigeon Hawk. Falco No. 2U-2. Pourlii primary, loiif^est; outer tail feather, three (piarters inch or iii(ir<- iliorlerthan middle featiier; tail, usually more than ) loii;j. Coopers Hawk. r I-,,,,/,, ri. Sec No. 2f)7. 164 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA.

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