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Range (Florida north along)

Florida, north along the Atlantic coast to South Carolina, west along the Gulf coast to eastern Texas. 342. Buteo swainsoni Bonap. SWAINSON'S HAWK. Ad. 8.-Upper parts fuscous-brown, more or less margined with rufous or buffy; primaries unbarred, three outer ones "notched"; tail slightly grayer than the back, with numerous indistinct, blackish bars showing more plainly on the under surface; breast covered by a large, cinnamon-rufous patch; belly white or ochraceous-buff, streaked, spotted, or barred with blackish, rufous, or buff. Ad. 0+ .-Similar, but larger, the breast patch of the same color as the back. 8 and 2 in dark or melanistic plumage. - Entire plumage fuscous, the under tail- and under wing-coverts and the tail sometimes spotted or barred. Im.- Upper parts fuscous-brown, widely margined with buffy and rufous; base of the primaries grayish, and sometimes with a few broken bars; tail much as in the ad.; under parts ochraceous-buff, spotted and streaked with blackish. & L., 20.00; W., 15.00; T., 8.50; B. from N., 75.