FALCOXID.E — THE HAWKS — ACCIPITER. 



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breed, the fledged young appearing in tlie lower country in August. Its 

 nest and eggs have not yet been described. 





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Its flight is chiefly by ([uick flappings, and its home is by preference near 

 or among trees. 



Accipiter Mexicanus, Swainson. 



THE MEXICAN HAWK. 



Accipiter Mexicanus, Sw.vixsoy, F.auiia Bor. Amcr. : Birtls, 1831, 4.5. — Cassix, P. K. Kcp. 

 Birds, IX. 17. — Cooper anil Sccki.ky, XII. ii. Zool. of \V. T. I46. — Coles, I'r. A. 

 N. Sc. 1866, 4.-3. 



Sp. Ch.\I!. Very similar to .1. Coi)perii,hnt sniMllor : head bliiisli-lilai'k aiiovc, back 

 more brownish ; throat and under tail coverts white ; other under ])arts fine liijlit rufous, 

 darkest on the tibia;, spotted and barred transversely with white, chiefly on abdomen ; 

 dark central streaks on breast feathers only ; otherwise as in A. Cnoperii. 



Young, much tinged with yellowish-red above ; beneath yellowish, each feather centrally 

 streaked, and often transversely barred with brown near its base. 



Length, 14.00 to 18.00 ; wing, 9.00 to 10.00; tail, 8.00 to 9.00. 



Hab. Western North America and Mexico. 



This smaller species has lieen found at Auburn, Placer County, in spring, 

 by 'My. F. Gruber ; and at Bodega, in February, by Mr. T. A. Szabo. It 

 therefore, probably, has much the same habits of migration as A. Cooprrii, 

 and doubtless resembles it closely in general liabits. I liave not myself 



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