Hawks and Caracara 



340. Zone-tailed Hawk {Btiteo abbreviatus) . L.ff, 

 19; ?,2i. Ads. Tail with iittle if any white tip; 

 imur webs of ali but middle feathers with black and 

 white bars. V'«^. Browner; tail grayish brown; white 

 01 inner webs, with numerous blackish bars. NoUi, 

 Not unlike tliose of BuUo bonalh. (fielding.) 



Range. Tropical America north to soulham Taxas, «outbem Ari- 

 zona and EOuthem California. 



344. Short-tailed Hawk (BuUo brachyurus) , L. 



17; l. 7- Ads. Above slaty gray, tail barred with 

 black and tipped with white; sides of breast rusty; rest 

 of underparts ivhi'te. Dark phase. Blackish, forehead 

 whitish; tail lighter than back, barred with black. 

 Yng. Above blackish brown, below cream buff, 

 without black markings. Notes. Somewhat resemb- 

 ling llie iLreani of tliciRed-shouldered Hawk, but more 

 prolonged, (Pennock.) 



RangB.— Tropical America, north to eastern Mexicoi; rare In Flori- 

 da. 



345. Mexican Black Hawk {Uritbitm^a aiikTodna). 

 L- <f, i* ?, 21. Ads. Tail with a white tip and 

 broad white band across all the feathers, Yns. Above 

 brownidh black, buff and rusty; below buify striped 

 with blackish; tail with several black and whitish bars. 

 Notes. Piping cries like the spring whistle of Numenius 

 longirostris. { Bendire. ) 



Range.— 'Tropical America in general, north to central Arizona, 

 and mc Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas." (Bendire). 



362. Audubon Caracara [Potyhorus cheriway). 

 L. 22. Tail white with a black end and numerous 

 black bars. Ails. Breast and hindneck barred; belly 

 black. Yng. Crown, back, and belly dark brown; 

 hindneck, breast and belly strmkfd with buffy. Notes. 

 Gi-nerally silent, but sometimes utters a prolonged 

 cackling note. (B. F; Goss.) 



Range.— North ern South America, north to southern Texas, south- 

 ern Arizona and Lower Caiifurnia; interior of southern Florida; resi- 

 dent. 



363. Guadalupe Caracara (T'olj'borus luiosus). 

 Resembles No. ;6z, but has rump and upper tail-cov- 

 erts dull brown. 5h butt broadly barred with dull brown; 

 tail brownish buff with broad bars of grayi-^h brown 

 bordered by narrower 7igzag bars or lines of dusky; 

 terminal band less than 2.00 wide. (Ridgway.) 



Rang^.— Guad^ilupE Ulmd, w^st of Lower California. 



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