. North American birds eggs . monly, hut wrongly, designated ashen hawk, a name, however,which is indiscriminately appliedVf -^ H^^S^^^^B -- ■^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ talons and a M« ,■ * • ■ *^ ^^^^^^^B hooked beak. The adult of this Wj^ V .diA -^ *. SWS^^^^^U species is unmistakable because of its reddish brown tail; youngbirds are very frequently confound-ed with other species. Their foodconsists chiefly of small rodents,snakes and lizards, and onlyoccasionally are poultry or birdstaken. They nest in the tallesttrees in large patches of woods, thenests being made of sticks, weeds,leaves and trash.
. North American birds eggs . monly, hut wrongly, designated ashen hawk, a name, however,which is indiscriminately appliedVf -^ H^^S^^^^B -- ■^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ talons and a M« ,■ * • ■ *^ ^^^^^^^B hooked beak. The adult of this Wj^ V .diA -^ *. SWS^^^^^U species is unmistakable because of its reddish brown tail; youngbirds are very frequently confound-ed with other species. Their foodconsists chiefly of small rodents,snakes and lizards, and onlyoccasionally are poultry or birdstaken. They nest in the tallesttrees in large patches of woods, thenests being made of sticks, weeds,leaves and trash. The eggs numberfrom two to four, and are white, sometimes heavily, and sometimes sparingly,blotched and spotted with various shades of brown. Size x 337a. Krider Hawk. Biiteit borealis kriderii. Range. —Plains of the United States, north to Manitoba. This subspecies is described as lighter on the underparts, which are almostimmaculate. Its nesting habits anti eggs are the same as those of the I Pale bluish white 337b. Western Red-tail. BiUeii borealis calurus. * -- V Range.—Western North America,chiefly west of the Rocky Mount-ains. Tfiis subspecies varies from theplumage of the eastern Red-tail, toa nearly uniform sooty above andbelow, with the dark red tail crossedby several bands; it is a generallydarker variety than the nesting habits are the same andtlrfe eggs show the great variationsin markings that are common tnthe eastern bird. [White.]337d. Harlan Hawk. Rateo borealis harlanl. Range. —Gulf States and southward, north to Kansas. This dark subspecies is generally nearly uniform blackish, but sometimesislighter or even white below. Its tail is rusty, mottled with Idackish and nesting habits are the same and the eggs are not distinguishable from thoseof the other Red-tails.
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