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191 (335) Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi (Audubon) 
Harris Hawk 
Status—Summer visitant to the valley of the lower Colorado River; two 
records for the California side: specimen shot and two others seen near Ehren- 
berg, in August, 1902 (F. Stephens, Condor, v, 1903, p. 77) ; specimen taken by 
L. Wiley, 114 miles south of Palo Verde, November 1, 1914 (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Also specimen taken in Mission Valley, near San Diego, November 17, 1912, now 
in collection of San Diego Society of Natural History (Grey, Condor, xv, 1913, 
p. 128). 
192 (337b) Buteo borealis calurus Cassin 
WESTERN RED-TAILED HAwK 
Synonyms—Buteo borealis; Buteo calurus; Buteo montanus; Buteo harlani, 
part; Buteo borealis socorroensis; Red-tailed Black Hawk; Harlan Hawk, part. 
Status—Common resident almost throughout the state, breeding from Lower 
Sonoran up at least through Transition. Recorded from deserts, islands, lowest 
valleys and highest mountain ranges, from most arid to rainiest belts. Evidently 
a species lacking in sensitiveness to climatic conditions. 
193 (339b) Buteo lineatus elegans Cassin 
ReED-BELLIED Hawk 
Synonyms—Buteo lineatus; Buteo elegans; Elegant Hawk. 
Status—Common resident locally below Transition and west of the desert 
divide; occurs chiefly in the San Joaquin-Sacramento Valley, and in the low- 
lands of the San Diegan district. Many breeding records in the latter region, and 
several in the west-central part of the State. Northernmost records at any sea- 
son: Point Reyes, Marin County (J. and J. W. Mailliard, MS), Mount Saint 
Helena (W. K. Fisher, Condor, 11, 1900, p. 136), and Fort Crook, Shasta County 
(Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x., 1887, p. 202). 
194 (340) Buteo abbreviatus Cabanis 
ZONE-TAILED HAWK 
Synonyms—Buteo zonocercus; Tachytriorchis abbreviatus ; Urubitinga an- 
thracina; Band-tailed Black Hawk. 
Status—Rare visitant to Lower Sonoran in the extreme southern portion 
of the San Diegan district; three records: specimen taken near San Diego in 
“‘March’’ (really February 23), 1862 (J. G. Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1v, 
1868, p. 7) ; male taken at National City, near San Diego, November 26, 1906 
(Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 181) ; specimen taken near coast thirty miles north 
of San Diego, September 10, 1907 (J. Grinnell, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 69). The 
first and third specimens are now in Mus. Vert. Zool., nos. 4375, 5494, respect- 
ively ; the second is in the Thayer Museum. 
