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HARRIS HAWK 
335. Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi. 20 in. 
Tail coverts, base and tip of tail, white. Adults 
with the shoulders, thighs and under wing-coverts, red- 
dish-brown. Young with rusty edgings to feathers on 
the back; below, rusty buff with blackish spots or 
streaks; thighs barred with blackish. Space in front 
of eye, bare except for stiff hair-like bristles, yellow- 
ish like the cere. This species is the connecting link 
between the vultures and hawks of the genus buteo. 
Its feedings habits are similar to those of the vul- 
tures, with which it often associates when feeding upon 
carrion. They are very sluggish birds and their flight 
is slow and heavy; when not feeding they are usually 
perched on one foot on some dead limb, dozing. 
Nest.—Made of sticks, twigs and weeds, placed in 
bushes or low trees. Their three or four eggs are 
dull white, unmarked (2.10 x 1.65). 
Range.—Mexico, north to southern United States 
chiefly in Texas, but also found in New Mexico and 
casually east to Louisiana. 
