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334. Accipiter atricapillus (Wils.). 

 American Goshawk. 



Falco atricapillus Wils. Am. Orn. VI. 1812, 80, pi. 52, fig. 3. 

 Accipiter atricapillus Seebohm, Brit. Birds, I. 1883, iv. 



[B 14, C 340, R 433, C 496.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern and eastern North America, south in 

 winter to the Middle States and southern Rocky Mountain region ; 

 casually west to Oregon. Accidental in England. Breeding range 

 restricted to the Canadian Fauna of the United States and northward. 



384 a. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgw. 



Western Groshavrk. 



Astur atricapillus var. striatulus Ridgw. in Hist. N. Am. B. III. 



1874, 240. 

 Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 



188s, 355. 



[B— , C— , R 433a, C 497.J 



Geog. Dist. — ■ Western North America ; north to Sitka, Alaska ; 

 south to California ; east to Idaho. Breeds in the Sierra Nevada 

 south to Lat. 38°. 



Genus PARABUTEO Ridgway. 



Parabuteo Ridgw. in Hist. N. Am. B. III. Jan. 1874, 250. Type, 

 Falco harrisi AuD. 



835. Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi (Aud.). 



Harris's Hawk. 



Falco harrisi KvT). B. Am. V. 1839, 3°j P^- 392- 

 Parabuteo unicinctus' var. harrisi Ridgw. in Hist. N. Am. B. III. 

 Jan. 1874, 250. 



[B 46, C 348, R 434, CS12.J 

 Geog. Dist. — Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, southern New Mex- 

 ico, southern Arizona, and Lower California ; southward to Panama. 

 Breeds from southern Texas westward to California, and southward. 



