. North American birds eggs . Photo by (ieo. FordyceNEST AND EGGS OF RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 16i North American Birds Eggs. 344. Short-tailed Hawk. Puteo brachyurus. Range.—A tropical species, which occurs^north to the,Mexican border andregularly to southern Florida, where it breeds in the large cypress swamps. Itseggs are pale greenish white, sparingly spotted with brown, chieHy at the largeend. Size x (1. 345. Mexican Black Hawk. Ifirayish white.] Range.—Mexican border of the UnitedStates and southward. A coal black species about 22 inches inlength, distinguis
. North American birds eggs . Photo by (ieo. FordyceNEST AND EGGS OF RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 16i North American Birds Eggs. 344. Short-tailed Hawk. Puteo brachyurus. Range.—A tropical species, which occurs^north to the,Mexican border andregularly to southern Florida, where it breeds in the large cypress swamps. Itseggs are pale greenish white, sparingly spotted with brown, chieHy at the largeend. Size x (1. 345. Mexican Black Hawk. Ifirayish white.] Range.—Mexican border of the UnitedStates and southward. A coal black species about 22 inches inlength, distinguished by the white tip,and broad white band across the tail aboutmidway. This is one of the least abun-dant of the Mexican species that cross(jur border. They are shy birds andbuild their nests in the tallest trees inremote woods. Their two or three eggsare grayish white, faintly spotted withpale brown; size x Data.—LosAngeles County, Cal., April ti, of sticks, lined with barkand leaves;45 feet up in a sycamore tree. Collector,R. B. Chapman. O. 346. Mexican Goshawk. Asturina plagiaia. Range.—Mexico, north to the border of theInited States. A beautiful, medium sized Hawk (17inches long), slaty gray above, white below,numerously barred with grayish: tail black,crossed by several white liars. These aregraceful and active birds, feeding largelyupon small rodents, and occasionally smallbirds. They nest in the top of tall trees, lay-ing
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