RED-TAILED HAWK 

 337. Ituteo borealis. 21 in. 



One of the handsomest and most powerfully built 

 of our hawks. Adults with the tail rusty-red, with or 

 without a narrow blackish band near the tip; below 

 white, with a band of blackish streaks across the 

 breast, and dusky markings on the sides. Young birds 

 are similar, but have the tail grayish-brown with 

 black bands. An examination of the food of this bird .8 

 of prey, made by the Department of Agriculture, shows ! 

 that, instead of living upon poultry as most farmers a 

 think, their food consists chiefly of frogs, snakes, liz- 

 ards. mice and insects, less than one in ten of the 

 stomachs examined containing any remains of poultry. 

 s. A shrill whistle or scream. 



sticks, weeds, leaves and trash high up 

 in tall trees; eggs white, spotted with blackish-brown. 

 Range. Breeds in United States and Southern Can- 

 ada : winters in the United States. 337a., Krider Hawk 

 is a paler race found on the plains from Minn, to 

 Texas. 337d., Harlan Hawk, is darker and has the 

 tail mottled with blackish; found in the Gulf States. 



