BIRDS OF PREY 



339b. Red-bellied Hawk. Buteo lineatus elegans. 



Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia south to 

 Lower California, chiefly west of the Rockies. 



This variety is similar to, but darker than lineatus, and 

 the underparts are a uniform reddish brown, without bar- 



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White 



ring. Their nests are like those of the Red-shouldered 



variety, and almost always placed high up in the largest 



trees. The eggs are very similar, but average lighter in markings. Size 2.15 



X 1.70. Data. — Diego, Cal., April 13, 1897. Nest in a sycamore 20 feet from 



ground, made of sticks, leaves and feathers. 



310. Zone-tailed Hawk. Buteo abbreviatus. 



Range. — Mexico and Central America, north to the Mexican border of the 

 United States. 



This species, which is 19 inches long, is wholly black with the exception of 

 the tail, which is banded Their nests are built in heavy woods, and preferably 

 in trees along the bank of a stream. The nest is of the usual Hawk construc- 

 tion and the two to four eggs are white, faintly marked with pale chestnut. 

 Data. — Marathon, Texas. Nest of sticks, lined with weeds and rabbit fur; on a 

 horizontal branch of a cotton-wood tree, 30 feet up. 



White 

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