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t'143. Buteo horealis borealis (Gmel.), S.N., 1, 

 p. 266 (1788). [Carolina. \ 

 Red-tailed Hawk. 



Size variable ; wing ^ 390-400, ? 440-450 

 mm. ; above blackish-brown with more or 

 less of lighter variegation ; tail chestnut 

 with one sub-terminal darker band and 

 often remains of others ; below buffy- 

 white, flanks barred or mottled and abdo- 

 men heavily streaked with blackish-brown. 



E. Noith 

 America, N. to 

 Canada and 

 Newfoundland, 

 W. to Gt. Plains. 



[•143a. Biifeo borealis krideri Hoopes, Pr. Ac. Nat. 

 Soc. Philad., 1873, p. 238, pi. 5. [Winne- 

 bago Co., Iowa, type in Phil. Ac. Mus.] 

 Krider's Hawk. 



M'ing S 370, 9 400 mm. ; Hght form, piire 

 ^\■hite below with few or no markings ; 

 tail pale rufous to grey or white, with 

 blackish bars more or less obsolete and 

 sub-terminal bar reduced or obliterated. 



Gt. Plains from. 

 Missouri and 

 Minnesota to 

 Rocky Moun- 

 tains, N. to S- 

 Manitoba ; S. 

 in winter to 

 Mexico and 

 Georgia. 



143b. Buteo borealis lucasanus Ridgw. Hist. N. Peninsula of 



Am. Birds, iii., p. 285 (1874). [Cape St. Lower 



Lttcas.] California. 

 St. Lucas Red-tail. 



Like B. b. calurus but lighter and smaller ; 

 wing 3 370-398, ? 395-420 ; sub-terminal 

 tail band reduced. 



"11430. Buteo borealis calurus Cassin, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Philad., vii., p. 281 (1855). [Near 

 Fort Webster, New Mexico, type in Phil. Ac. 

 Mus.] 

 Western Red-tail. 



Wing c? 386, ? 412-430 mm. ; strongly de- 

 veloped form of B. borealis borealis, more 



W. North 

 America,beyond 

 W. edge of Gt. 

 Plains, E. to 

 Middle Yukon, 

 S.to Guatemala; 

 Guadeloupe Is, 



