BIRDS OF PREY 



334a. Western Goshawk. 



Astur atricapillus striatal its. 



Range. — Western North America from Al- 

 aska to California, breeding chiefly north of 

 the United States except in some of the higher 







I ! l u i s 1 1 white 



Harris's Hawk 



ranges of the Pacific coast. This sub-species is darker, both above and below, 

 than the American Goshawk. Its nesting habits and eggs are precisely the 

 same. The eggs are quite variable in size. 



335. I [arris's II vwk. 



tus harrisi. 



Parabuteo unicinc- 



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

 I'nited States; very abundant in southern Texas. 



This is a peculiar blackish species, with white rump, and chestnut shoulders 

 and thighs. It is commonly met with in company with Caracaras, Turkey Buz- 

 zards and Black Vultures, feeding upon carrion. They also feed to an extent 

 on small mammals and birds. Their nests are made of sticks, twigs and weeds 

 and placed in bushes or low trees. The three or four eggs a lie laid in April or 

 May. They are dull white in color and generally unmarked, although often 

 showing traces of pale brown spots. Thev are quite variable in size, averaging 

 li.10 x 1.65. 



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