. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . dark-colored hawk, with grayish tail, crossed by two broad, darkbars; under parts brownish, heavilybarred. The primaries are without red-dish markings, and the three outer onesare notched on the inner web. The young M^J^l^^^has a grayish-brown tail, crossed by threeto five indistinct black bars, but has thenarrow whitish tip of the adult. A slug-gish, unsuspicious hawk, feeding on in-sects, small mammals, batrachians, andreptiles. Length, 13-17 ; wing, 10-lU ; tail, 6\-
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . dark-colored hawk, with grayish tail, crossed by two broad, darkbars; under parts brownish, heavilybarred. The primaries are without red-dish markings, and the three outer onesare notched on the inner web. The young M^J^l^^^has a grayish-brown tail, crossed by threeto five indistinct black bars, but has thenarrow whitish tip of the adult. A slug-gish, unsuspicious hawk, feeding on in-sects, small mammals, batrachians, andreptiles. Length, 13-17 ; wing, 10-lU ; tail, 6\-8 ; tar-sus, 2\; culmen, |. Eastern North Americanorth to New Brunswick, south to northernSouth America; breeding throughout its UnitedStates range. 16. Short-tailed Hawk (344. Buteo bra-chyttms). - A rare, Florida, slaty-gray to ^.^.^.^^.^.^ gawkgrayish-brown hawk, with all under parts pure white, except some brownish markings on the sides of thebreast. The grayish tail is barred with black and narrowlytipped with white. The young has the under parts washedwith buffy. This species, like No. 14, is found in a very dark. 204 KEY AND UESCRIPTION (melanistic) phase, in which nearly the whole plumage is asomewhat glossy black. Length, 15-18 ; wing, 10^-13; tail,6-7i, tarsus, 2J ; culmen, |. SouthAmerica north to Florida, where it breeds. 17. Mexican Black Hawk (345. Urubithiga anthrac)7id). — Asouthern Texas, coal-black hawk, with a central broad whiteband across the tail, and a white tip; the ends of the uppertail coverts are also white. The young is mottled blackish-brown above and streaked buffy below; the tail is crossedwith about seven bands of blackish and grayish. Length, 21-23; wing, 13-16; tail, 8-11; tarsus, 3\ ; cuhuen, South America north to southern Texas. 18. Mexican Goshawk {M(\. Asti(r)na plagiilta). — A south-western, ashy-backed, white-bellied hawk, with a black tail crossed by severalsomewhat broken whitebands and a white orwhitish tip. The Avhite
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