. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . America; breeding northof the United States except inthe liigher mountains, andwintering south to the MiddleStates. .». Harriss Hawk ( nnkiiirtns hdr-risi).—A large, southwest-ern, dark-brown hawk,with reddish shouldersand tibiie. The tail has a white base and t\\>, the middle portions being unbarred. This is a sluggish, carrion-feeding bird, associating Avith buzzards, and having the loral region bare of feathers back to the eyes. Length, 19-23; wing, 1
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . America; breeding northof the United States except inthe liigher mountains, andwintering south to the MiddleStates. .». Harriss Hawk ( nnkiiirtns hdr-risi).—A large, southwest-ern, dark-brown hawk,with reddish shouldersand tibiie. The tail has a white base and t\\>, the middle portions being unbarred. This is a sluggish, carrion-feeding bird, associating Avith buzzards, and having the loral region bare of feathers back to the eyes. Length, 19-23; wing, 12J-14J ; tail, 8J-11; tarsus, 3J ; culmen, \\. Mississippiand Texas to Lower California, south toPanama ; breeding from southern Texaswestward and southward. 10. Red-tailed Hawk (337. Bnteoho-redlis). — A common, mottled, brown-ish hawk, with a bright, brick-redtail; the tail feathers are tipped withwhite, and have a dark bar near thetip; under parts nearly white, with rmany brownish streaks, especially onthe upper breast. The j/oioir/ is sim-ilar, but has the tail crossed Avithmany, more or less distinct, blackish. Bed-tailed Hawk FAM. XXIX. IIAWES, EAGLES, ETC. 201 bars. Four of the outer primaries are notched on the innerweb, and the shoulders are not marked with reddish. Its foodconsists mainly of small quadrupeds, but it will not refusebirds, insects, or reptiles. (Hen Hawk ; Chicken Hawk.) Length, 19-25; wing, ^; tail, 8.|-10J ; tarsus, 3; culmen, America from the Plains eastward, south to eastern Mexico;breeding about throughout. Kriders Hawk (337. B. b. krulerii) to Texas and westward (casual in Iowa and Illinois) is alight-colored form, pure white below and with the tail bar nearly Red-tail (337. B. b. caliwiis) of Xorth America, west of theKocky ^louatains (casual in Illinois), is a nearly evenly colored, darkchocolate-brown hawk, with the red tail crossed by .several black Hawk (337i. B. b. harlani) of the G
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