FALCONID^ — THE FALCONS. 



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into the southern United States ; Mississippi (Audubon) ; Texas (Mus. S. I. ; Dresser) ; 

 Arizona (Coi:es). 



Locahties : Guatemala (Sri,. Ibis, I, 216). 



LIST OK SPECIMENS EXAMINED. 



National Museum, 13 ; Philadelphia Academy, 3 ; Cab. G. N. Lawrence, 2 ; Coll. R. 

 Ridgway, 1. Total, 19. 



Habits. Tliis Hawk has a very limited range witliin the United States, 

 and Mr. Auduliou, wlio wa.s tlie first to meet with it tliere, obtained only a 

 single specimen from Lonisiana. 

 Supposing it to be an undescribed 

 species, he named it in honor of 

 his friend, Mr. Edward Harris. 



This species is occasionally 

 found in the lower portions of 

 tlie States of ' Mississippi and 

 Louisiana, but becomes much 

 more abundant in the southwest- 

 ern section.? of tlie latter State, 

 and in Texas is common, espe- 

 cially about the mouth of the 

 lUo Grande. In one variety or 

 the other it is frequently met 

 wdth throughout Mexico, and 

 Central America, and is also said 

 to be an occasional visitant of 

 Cuba and Jamaica. 



!Mr. Dresser found this Hawk 

 common througliout Texas to the Colorado River, beyond which be noticed 

 but few. It was the only Hawk he noticed at Matamoras in the summer. 

 He describes it as a heavy, sluggish bird, seldom seen on the wing, and sub- 

 sisting, so far as he could see, entirely on carrion. All along the I'oad from 

 Brownsville to San Antonio, he noticed it either perched on some tree by 

 the roadside, or busy, in company with Vultures and Caracaras, regaling on 

 some offensive carrion. He fotind it breeding in the neighborhood of San 

 Antonio, Medina, and Altascosa Rivers, having eggs in the month of May. 

 A nest found on the 4th of May, near the Medina River, was built of sticks, 

 very slightly lined, and was placed in a low hackberry-tree. The eggs were 

 four in number, and described as white, with a faint bluish tinge, very spar- 

 ingly spotted and blotched with red. 



Parabuteo harrisi. 



