. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 144 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME HH Tail barred with browu and breast with band of brown ; forehead, chin and throat white ; commonly feeds on grasshoppers ; only hawk displaying flocking habit; call pi-tick, pi-tick, pi-tick, frequently repeated (Bailey) SWAIXSON HAWK HHII Tail blackish with white bars; breast and shoulders rusty red RED-BELLIED HAWK FF More than 30 inches in length ; wing spread over 6 feet; base of tail white in young;
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 144 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME HH Tail barred with browu and breast with band of brown ; forehead, chin and throat white ; commonly feeds on grasshoppers ; only hawk displaying flocking habit; call pi-tick, pi-tick, pi-tick, frequently repeated (Bailey) SWAIXSON HAWK HHII Tail blackish with white bars; breast and shoulders rusty red RED-BELLIED HAWK FF More than 30 inches in length ; wing spread over 6 feet; base of tail white in young; legs feathered to base of toes; call, kiah, kiah, kiah. (Bendire) GOLDEN EAGLE BBB Body white in color except for bluish wings and black shoulder patches; gull-like iu appearance ; call, a plaintive, musical whistle WHITE-TAILED KITE BBBB Breast and head white ; black eye stripe ; feeds on fish OSPREY AA Owl-like flight; beating wings; tail blackish, crossed by 4 or 5 white bars; breast and shoulder rusty-red ; frequents willows and trees near rivers and marshes; call, yee-ak, yee-ak, repeated rapidly in a high key (Bendire) (River Hawk) RED-BELLIED HAWK AAA Beating flight; harrier habits (alternate, measured flappings and sail- ings) ; long, pointed wings. I Tail white; breast white; hovers; guM-likc ; rare_-WHITE-TAILBD KITE II Tail not white; white rump patch, narrow tail as long as body; flies close to ground when hunting (Mouse Hawk) MARSH HAWK. Fig. 47. Outline drawing of a marsh hawk, made from a freshlj' killed specimen, showing the long wings and tail which are characteristic of this hawk. AAAA Dashing, darting pur.'^uit flight, with alternating (luick wing strokes and sailings in the open; long tail; no black markings under wings. J Short, broad, rounded wings ; barred tail; slender legs; no black bars on face; flight consisting of rapid flappings followed by a short soar; head comparatively small; seldom gives a call except when nest is disturbed. K Length 11 to L'
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