THE BIRD BOOK 
Audubon’s Caracara 
362. Audubon Caracara. 
Polyborus cheriway. 
Range. — Southern border of the United States 
south to South America. 
Range. — Southern border of the United 
States south to South America. 
A strikingly marked blackish and whitish 
species, much barred on the fore back and the 
breast, with the head and throat largely white, 
except for a black and somewhat crested 
crown. They are numerous in southern Texas 
and also in the interior of southern Florida, 
where they are resident. They build bulky, 
but shabby nests of sticks, weeds and grass, 
piled into a promiscuous heap, generally locat- 
ed in bushes or low trees. Their two or three 
eggs have a ground color varying from buff to 
bright cinnamon, and are dotted and blotched 
with all shades of brown and umber. On the 
whole, these eggs show a greater diversity of 
markings and ground color than those of any 
other species. Size 2.50 x 1.80. 
Cinnamon 
363. Guadalupe Caracara. Polyborus lutosus. 
Range. — Gaudalupe Island and others off Lower California. 
This species is somewhat like the preceding, but the plumage is duller, and 
the coloration more uniform. Their nesting habits and eggs do not vary essen- 
tially from those of Audubon Caracara. Mr. John Lewis Childs has a set of two 
eggs taken June 8, 1896, on Santa Anita Island, by Coolidge and Miller. The 
nest was made of sticks and situated in a giant cactus. The eggs are slightly 
brighter and more clearly marked than any of cMf iway that 1 have ever seen. 
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