HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES. Family Accipitridse 

 Very large. LENGTH 



A. All brown; head and neck lighter; legs feathered to toes; 

 mostly inland 349. GOLDEN EAGLE 30-40 



B. Black; white head and tail; legs not feathered to toes; 



coastal 352. BALD EAGLE 30-42 



Large. 



A. Marked with white. 



1. Body brown (male gray); white rump; long tail. 



331. MARSH HAWK 18-21 



2. Body brown; white base and tip of tail (Colorado 

 River Valley) 335. HARRIS HAWK 17-21 



3. Body black; three white bands on tail (southern 

 Arizona) 340. ZONE-TAILED HAWK 19-21 



B. White below. 



1. Brown chest-band 342. SWAINSON HAWK 20-22 



2. Sides lightly spotted; tail white below. 



348. FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-LEG 22-24 



3. Sides and chest lightly spotted; head mostly white. 



364. OSPREY 21-25 



C. White inconspicuous; tail rusty above; cinnamon below, 

 darker-streaked. 



337b. WESTERN RED-TAIL 20-24 



Medium. 



1. All white below; gray above, black shoulders (open 

 country; California). 



328. WHITE-TAILED KITE 16| 



2. Wings short, rounded; tail long and rounded; back 

 slaty (timber); cf. with 332. 



333. COOPER HAWK 14-20 



3. Nearly solid cinnamon below; tail dusky, white- 

 banded (mostly willow groves; California). 



339b. RED-BELLIED HAWK 18-20 



4. White throat, black mustaches; streaked below; 

 brown back; wings long, pointed. 



355. PRAIRIE FALCON 17-20 



5. White throat, black head; barred below; slaty back; 

 wings long, pointed ........ .356a. DUCK HAWK 15|-20 



