464 BROAD-WINGED HAWK.
FALCO PENNSYLVANICUS, Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 29.
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, FALCO PENNSYLVANICTJS, Wils. Amer. Orn. voL vL p. 92.
PL 5 4 . fig. 1. Male.
Adult Male. Plate XCI. Fig. 1.
Bill shortish, as broad as long, the sides convex, the dorsal outline
convex from the base; upper mandible with the edges slightly inflected,
waved with a broad rounded lobe, the tip trigonal, descending obliquely,
acute ; lower mandible inflected at the edges, rounded at the tip. Nostrils
oval, oblique. Head rather large, flattened above. Neck shortish.
Body ovate, broad anteriorly. Wings rather long, Legs longish, rather
robust, roundish ; tarsi covered before and behind with scuta ; toes covered
above with scuta, scabrous and tuberculate beneath ; middle toe much
the longest, outer connected at the base by a membrane, and shorter than
the inner; claws long, curved, roundish, very acute.
Plumage ordinary, compact. Feathers of the head narrow, of the
back broad and rounded, of the neck oblong. Space between the bill
and eye covered with bristly feathers. Wing very broad, the primary
quills broad, slightly narrowed toward the end, rounded, the fourth longest,
the secondary quills curved inwards, broadly obtuse. Tail longish,
nearly even, the feathers rather broad, truncated and rounded.
Bill bluish-black at the tip, blue towards the base; cere and margin
yellow. Iris hazel. Feet gamboge-yellow; claws brownish-black. The
general colour of the upper parts is dark umber; the forehead with a
slight margin of whitish, the quills blackish-brown, the tail with three
bands of dark brown, alternating with two whitish bands, and a narrower
terminal band of greyish, the tips white. Throat whitish; cheeks reddish
brown, with a dark brown mustachial band; the under parts generally
light reddish, marked with guttiform, umber spots along the neck,
and sagittiform larger spots of the same colour on the breast and sides.
Tibial feathers of the same colour, with numerous smaller spots.
Length 14 inches, extent of wings 3 2 ; bill \ \ along the ridge, 1£
along the gap.
Adult Female. Plate XCI. Fig. 2.
Colouring generally similar to that of the male, lighter above, more
tinged with red beneath, where the spots are larger and more irregular.
B R O A D - W I N G E D HAWK. 465
Length 16 inches, extent of wings 35; bill 1 along the ridge, 1^
along the gap.
This species is referred to the division Astures of the genus Falco.
THE PIG-NUT HICKORY.
JUGLANS PORCINA, Mich. Arbr. Forest, de PAmer. Sept. t. i. p. 206. P L 9. Pursh,
Flor. Amer. vol.ii. p. 638—MONOSCIA POLYANDRIA, Linn. TEREBINTHACE^E,
Juss.
Leaves pinnate, with seven, five, or three ovato-lanceolate, smooth
leaflets, attenuated at both ends; male catkins filiform ; fruit globose ;
nut small, smoothish, very hard. The leaves on the twig represented in
the plate are not serrated on the edges, although they are generally so in
this species. This, however, is merely an occasional variety.
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