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KEF AND DKHCRIPTION 



Harris's Hawk 



most daring of all of the 

 hawks, feeding iq)on birds 

 and quadrupeds in about 

 equal proportions. 



Length, 20-26 ; wing, 12- 

 14 ; tail, 9-13 ; tarsu.s, 3 ; cul- 

 nien, \\. Northern and eastern 

 North America; breeding north 

 of the United States except in 

 the liigher mountains, and 

 wintering south to the Middle 

 States. 



'.». Harris's Hawk (335. 

 Parabhtt'o nnkiiirtns hdr- 

 risi). — A large, southwest- 

 ern, dark-brown hawk, 

 with reddish shoulders 

 and tibiie. The tail has a 



white base and t\\>, the middle portions being unbarred. This 



is a sluggish, carrion-feeding bird, associating Avith buzzards, 



and having the loral region bare of 



feathers back to the eyes. 



Length, 19-23; wing, 12J-14J ; tail, 8J- 

 11; tarsus, 3J ; culmen, \\. Mississippi 

 and Texas to Lower California, south to 

 Panama ; breeding from southern Texas 

 westward and southward. 



10. Red-tailed Hawk (337. Bnteoho- 

 redlis). — A common, mottled, brown- 

 ish hawk, with a bright, brick-red 

 tail ; the tail feathers are tipped with 

 white, and have a dark bar near the 

 tip ; under parts nearly white, with r 

 many brownish streaks, especially on 

 the upper breast. The j/oioir/ is sim- 

 ilar, but has the tail crossed Avith 

 many, more or less distinct, blackish 



Bed-tailed Hawk 



