FALCONID.I; — THE II AAVKS — CRAXIREX. 493 



worthy of the name of eagle, though resembling it in form. He also says 

 that lie found its nest in an oak-tree on the jMedina liiver, Texas, and that 

 it is abundant tiiere. As he does not mention the Craj:ircx, which much 

 resembles this, and obtained no specimen, it is possible that some of his 

 obser\'ations may prc.iperly belong to that species. It is, however, quite 

 probable that tliey sometimes reach the Colorado Valley, though 1 saw 

 none there myself JMr. Cassiu has lately separated the North and Cen- 

 tral American race of this species from the South American, as P. Andn- 

 honii. 



Audubon f(jund their nests in Florida on tall trees, and also on bushes, 

 composed of sticks, flat, lined with roots, grass, and moss, the eggs two (color 

 not given). 



He also states that tliey catch ducks when wounded, and, unlike the 

 vultures, carry their prey in their talous. 



Genus CRAXIREZ, Gould. 



Craxirex, Goui.D, Voy. Bc:ii;k>, Birds, 1841, 22. 



Gen. Ciiak. Aljnut the size of tin- lar<;rr Ijiitcos; legs lonjj; tarsi and toes strong. 

 Bill rather long, abruptly curved at the tip ; edges of upper mandible festooneil ; wings 

 and tail lon<r. Tarsi with wide transverse scales in front ; claws moderate. 



One or two species only ari' knnwn. 



Craxirex Harrisii, .Vudubon. 



HASBIS'S BUZZAKD. 



Biiim Hanisil, AiDunox, (.)ni. Bioi;. V. .'in ; jjI. 392 : Oct. cd. I. pi. .'i. — XuTTALL, Man. I. 



111. — Ciaxiirx Ilarrisii, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 186'), 2. — CouES, Pr. A. N. Sc. 18G6, 



49. (Arizona.) 

 Craxirex umcinctus, Cassix, P. Rep. Birds, IX. 46. — Kf.nnerlv. X. iv. 20. 



Si>. CiiAit. Adult. Shoulders, wing coverts and tibia', reddisli-i-licstnnl ; u|)per and 

 tuider ttul eo\ erts white ; tail white at base and tip, between which is a very wi<le band of 

 brownish-black, with a violet tinge. Roily above and below ilark brown, sometimes nearly 

 black on the under parts. 



Younger. Tapper parts dull umber-brown, much mixed with fulvous; .shoulders chestnut- 

 red, spotted with dark brown: entire under ]iarls yellowish-white, with large oblong and 

 circular spots of brown ; upper and under tail coverts white ; tail brown, witli many bands 

 of a deeper shade ; the inner webs yellowish and reddish-white ; base and tip of tail yel- 

 lowish-white. 



