. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . s, and wintering soiUh to Virginia. Ferruginous Rough-leg ( fernKjineus).—A large,Avestern, somewhat mottled, brownish-red hawk, with the under parts white, °^™*^ ^ ®&S®much barred with rufous across the belly. The tail is grayish-white tinged with rufous. The young ismore grayish-brown, with the base of tailAvhite. This is a hawk of the open prairieswest of the Mississippi. Length. 21-25 ; wing, 16-19 ; tail, 9-11; tarsus,2^ ; culmen, \\. Western No
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . s, and wintering soiUh to Virginia. Ferruginous Rough-leg ( fernKjineus).—A large,Avestern, somewhat mottled, brownish-red hawk, with the under parts white, °^™*^ ^ ®&S®much barred with rufous across the belly. The tail is grayish-white tinged with rufous. The young ismore grayish-brown, with the base of tailAvhite. This is a hawk of the open prairieswest of the Mississippi. Length. 21-25 ; wing, 16-19 ; tail, 9-11; tarsus,2^ ; culmen, \\. Western North America fromNorth Dakota to Texas, and west to the Pacific;breeding from Utah northward ; casually east toIllinois. 21. Golden Eagle (349. Aquila chn/saetos). — A very large blackish-brown bird, with lighter, almost golden, back head and back neck; base of the tail for more than _^ ^^^ -^M^ half its length is white, and the tarsus is ^^^■to^pi^gSj^ white-feathered to the toes. The young /^tfr~ \v^ is blacker in general plumage, and the base Ferruginous Rough-leg of the tail is more or less banded with. 206 KEY AXD DESCRIPTION grayish bars. The food consists of the larger mammalsand birds, though carrion also is eaten; rabbits, lambs,turkeys, and ducks are prey for this bird. Rare east of theMississippi. Length, 30-40 ; wing, 23-27 ; tail, 15 ; tarsus,4 ; cuhnen, 2. Northern portions of Old andNew Worlds, south in America to Mexico ; breed-ing, practically, only in the mountains of sparselysettled regions. L2. Harpy Eagle (350. ThmsiYetosiKtr/i/lo I. — A rare Texas eagle, with theback ashy-gray, mottled with glossyblack, and the belly white, more or lessblotched with ashy. The head and neckare grayish, darker on the croAvn, andwhiter on the throat. The tail is moreor less irregularly banded with black andashy. The youny has the head, neck,and entire lower parts white, with ashygray on crown and breast-Length, 33-40; wing, 21-25; tail, 16-19; tarsus, 4J ; culmen,
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