CONTENTS 



Page. 



Letter of transmittal 3 



Table of contents 5 



List of illustrations 7 



Introduction 9 



Biographies of species : 



Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatiis) 20 



White-tailed Kite {Elanus leucurus) 23 



Mississippi Kite {IcUnia mississippiensis) 24 



Everglade Kite (Bostrhamus sociabilis) 25* 



Marsh Hawk ( Circus Imdsonius) 26 



Sharp-shinned Hawk (Acoipiter velox) 32 



Cooper's Hawk (Acoipiter cooperi'} 38 



Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) 43 



Harris's Hawk (Paraiuteo unicinctus harrisi) 47 



Eed-tailed Hawk (Buteo iorealis) 48 



Ked-shouldered Hawk (Buteo Uneaius) _ 62 



Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo abbreviatits) 71 



"White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus) 72 



Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) 72 



Cooper's Buzzard (Buteo cooperi) 79 



Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo latissimus) 79 



Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo hrachyums) 83 



Mexican Black Hawk ( UruMtinga antliracina) 84 



Mexican Goshawk (Asturina plagiata) 85 



Eongh-legged Hawk (Arcliituteo lagopus sancti-johannis) 86 



Ferruginous Eough-leg (ArcMiuteo ferrugineus) 91 



Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 93 



Bald Eagle (Saliwetus leucooeplialus) 97 



Gyrfalcons (Falco islandus et Falco rusticolus) 102 



Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) 104 



Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum) 106 



Pigeon Hawk (Falco colunibarius) 109 



Richardson's Merlin (Falco richardsonii) 114 



Aplomado Falcon (Falco fusco-cwrulescens) 114 



Sparrow Hawk (Falco aparverius) 115 



Audubon's Caracara (Polyiorua cheriway) 128 



Osprey (Pandion haliaelus carolinenHs) 130 



Barn Owl (Sirix pratincola) 132 



Long-eared Owl (AHo wilsonianus) 140 



Short-eared Owl (Asio accipiti-inus) 145 



Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulosum) 15P 



Spotted Owl (Syrnium occidentals) 156 



Great Gray Owl (Scotiaptex dnerea) 157 



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