. 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. BIRDS OF brown centres ; below a lighter shade of the same, witli narrow dark streaks and white bars ; rjuills and tail l)lackish, conspicuously banded with pure white; thf bend uf the tvinfr oruitirc-brown. K«//«^'plain dark brown above, below white with dark streaks ; quills and tail barred with whitish. Nearly as long as B. borcaUs, but not neirly so heavy ; tarsi more naked. Female, 22 ; wing, 14 ; tail, 9 ; mal
. 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. BIRDS OF brown centres ; below a lighter shade of the same, witli narrow dark streaks and white bars ; rjuills and tail l)lackish, conspicuously banded with pure white; thf bend uf the tvinfr oruitirc-brown. K«//«^'plain dark brown above, below white with dark streaks ; quills and tail barred with whitish. Nearly as long as B. borcaUs, but not neirly so heavy ; tarsi more naked. Female, 22 ; wing, 14 ; tail, 9 ; male, 19 ; wing, 13 ; tail, 8 (average). Hab. Eastern North America, west to Texas and the Plains, south to the Gulf coast and Mexico. Nest in trees feathers. composed of sticks ami twigs, lined with grass and a few I-'ggs, 2 to 4 ; variable in color, usually dull white, blotched with rich brown. In Southern Ontario this species is a common summer resident, breeding freely in the less settled parts of the country, where it is more frequently seen than any other of the " Chicken ; In the fall it becomes quite numerous, making occasional predatory vTsits to the poultry yard, although it is usually satisfied with smaller game. It is not included in the list of birds observed b}' Prof. Macoim in the Northwest, and as it does not occur with us in the winter, it is probably less hardy than the Red-tail. Like others of the family, this species varies greatly in plumage according to circumstances. The young birds do not show any of the rich reddish-orange of the adult, and were at one time described as a separate species under the name of Winter Falcon. From Western Texas to California, and south into Mexico, the color'- get much brighter and more decided, which has led to this western form being described as a subspecies under the name oi Buteo lineatiis clegans (Cass.). Occasionally we meet here with an adult in full plumage which might well be included in this group,
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