. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. ONTARIO the hind head and nape cottony-white at base ; ([uills blackish, most of the inner webs white, barred with dusky ; tail with three broad dark zones alternating with narrow white ones, and white tipped ; consf>iciiuus dark maxillary patches ; under parts white or tawny, variously streaked, spotted or barred with rusty or rufous, this color usually pri%lominatinf; in atlidt birds, when the white chiefly app
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. ONTARIO the hind head and nape cottony-white at base ; ([uills blackish, most of the inner webs white, barred with dusky ; tail with three broad dark zones alternating with narrow white ones, and white tipped ; consf>iciiuus dark maxillary patches ; under parts white or tawny, variously streaked, spotted or barred with rusty or rufous, this color usually pri%lominatinf; in atlidt birds, when the white chiefly appears as oval or circular spots on each feather ; throat generally whiter than elsewhere, narrowly darkdined. In theyoiing tlie upper parts are duller brown, varied with white, the under- parts tawny-whitish with linear and oblong dark spots, the tail grayish-brown with numerous dark bars. Female, i8 ; wing, ii ; tail, 7 ; male less. FIab. Eastern North America, from Njw Brunswick and the Saskatchewan region to Texas and Mexico, and ther je southward to Central America, Northern South America and the West Indies. Nest in a tree, built of sticks and twigs, lined with grass and leaves. This species was first described by Wilson who met with two individuals in the woods near the Schuykill, and does not appear to have seen it again. In Southern Ontario the J3road-winged Hawk is often very common in the spring. Toward the end of April or early in May, should the weather be clear, great numbers are seen soaring at a considerable height, and moving in circles toward the Northwest. About the same time, singly or in pairs, it may be met with in the woods, usually sitting quietly on the lower branch of a tree near some wet place, watching for frogs. A few pairs remain during summer, but the greater number pass on to the Northwest, and in winter none have been observed. Genus ARCHIBUTEO Brehm. ARCHIBUTEO LAGOPUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS (Gmel.). 140. American Rough-leffg^ed Hawk. 347 a. Below, whit
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