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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 t 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 

 ull white, unmarked (2.10x1.65). 



Range. Mexico, north to southern United States 

 chiefly in Texas, but also found in New Mexico and 

 casually east to Louisiana. 



