BIRDS OF PREY 



334a. WESTERN GOSHAWK. 



Astur atricapillus striatulus. 



Range. Western North America from Al- 

 aska to California, breeding chiefly north of 

 the United States except in some of the higher 



Bluish 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. HARRIS'S HAWK. Parabuteo unicinc- 

 tus harrisi. 



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

 United 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 ahe laid in April or 

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

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

 2.10x1.65. 



White 

 207 



