. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XXIX. KAWK8, EAGLES, ETC. 209 neck usually with a rusty collar. The primaries are barred with white. The young has the upper parts blackish and the barring of the primaries reddish- yellow. The pigeon hawk has a resemblance to the wild pigeon both when perching and when in flight. It is to be found in the open country, near the edge of woods, especially where there are large bodies of water. Its food consists mainly of small birds and insects. (American Merli
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. XXIX. KAWK8, EAGLES, ETC. 209 neck usually with a rusty collar. The primaries are barred with white. The young has the upper parts blackish and the barring of the primaries reddish- yellow. The pigeon hawk has a resemblance to the wild pigeon both when perching and when in flight. It is to be found in the open country, near the edge of woods, especially where there are large bodies of water. Its food consists mainly of small birds and insects. (American Merlin.) Length, ; wing, 71-8' ; tail, 5}; tarsus, 1|; culmen, i or more. Nortli America; breeding north of the United States, and wintering through most of the states and into northern Soutli America. 29. Richardson's Merlin (368. Fdlco richardsdnW). ââ A western, Pigeon HawK very small, bluish - gray - backed hawk, with the lower parts including the front of the head whitish, much streaked with brown to black, especially on the breast and sides. The chin and throat are about the only por- tions without any shaft streaks on the feathers; even the brown back is so marked with black. Tail with five blackish, five grayish, and one terminal white band. The female has the back more earthy-brown in color, and the outer webs of the quills marked with buffy spots (the male has these spots light- grayish.) (Richardson's Pigeon Hawk.) Length, 10-131; wing, T\-9}; tail, 4|-6|; tarsus, IJ; culmen, ^ or more. North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific, north into the British Possessions, and south to Texas and probably Mexico. 30. Aplomado Falcon (359. Fdlco fusco-coeruMscens). â A Texas, medium-sized, heavy-billed, lead-colored falcon, with the chin, throat, and breast unspotted white; sides and a apgar's birds.â14. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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