BIRDS OF PREY 
339b. Red-bellied Hawk. Buteo lineatus elegans. 
Range.- — Pacific coast from British Columbia south to 
Lower California, chiefly west of the Rockies. 
This variety is similar to, but darker than lineatus, and 
the underparts are a uniform reddish brown, without bar- 
White 
ring. Their nests are like those of the Red-shouldered 
variety, and almost always placed high up in the largest 
trees. The eggs are very similar, but average lighter in markings. Size 2.15 
x 1.70. Data. — Diego, Cal., April 13, 1897. Nest in a sycamore 20 feet from 
ground, made of sticks, leaves and feathers. 
310. Zone-tailed Hawk. Buteo abbreviatus. 
Ranges — Mexico and Central America, north to the Mexican border of the 
United States. 
This species, which is 19 inches long, is wholly black with the exception of 
the tail, which is banded Their nests are built in heavy woods, and preferably 
in trees along the bank of a stream. The nest is of the usual Hawk construc- 
tion and the two to four eggs are white, faintly marked with pale chestnut. 
Data. — Marathon, Texas. Nest of sticks, lined with weeds and rabbit fur; on a 
horizontal branch of a cotton-wood tree, 30 feet up. 
