. Handbuch der Vögel der westlichen Vereinigten Staaten, einschließlich der großen Ebenen, großen Becken, Pacific Slope, und unteren Rio Grande Valley . ; Schenkel hufig; Schwanz glay, Verdunkelung- towai-d Ende, und immer- rostig an der Spitze, erzielte schwach mit schmalen dunklen Bars, immer- veraltet in Richtung Basis des Schwanzes. Männlich: Flügel- 14.50-10.75, Schwanz 7.50-9.00. Weiblich: Flügel 17.00-17.75, Schwanz 8.25-10-30, Schnabel .95-1.05. Verteilung. - von Süd-Texas und Arizona Süden bis Mexiko. Verschachteln. - EINE Plattform von Zweigen fast ohne Futter; platziert in Yuccatops, Chaparral, oder kleine Bäume auf der Prärie. Eier: 2 oder 3, schmuddelig

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. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . ; thighs huffybrown ; tail glay, darkening- towai-d end, and becoming- rusty at tip, scored faintly with narrow dusky bars, becoming- obsolete toward base oftail. Male: wing- 14.50-10.75, tail 7.50-9.00. Female: wing 17.00-17.75, tail 8.25-10-30, bill .95-1.05. Distribution. — From southern Texas and Arizona south to Mexico. Nest. — A platform of twigs almost without lining; placed in yuccatops, chaparral, or small trees on the prairie. Eggs : 2 or 3, dingy white, lightly marked with spots of pale brown. In driving over the treeless prairie of southern Texas day afterday, one of your keenest pleasures is to sight, across a long levelforeground, the shining white breast of a stately white-tailed hawk.He stands on tne ground, perches on a low bush, or perhaps on afence post, if anything so high offers. Strikingly handsome in re-pose, when he flies up ns you drive near, his white tail with its blackterminal band adds unique distinction to his appearance. FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 159. Irom Biolojiical Survt-y, U. S. Dept. of A-^riculture. Fig. 230. 342. Buteo swainsoni Bonap. Swainson Hawk. Adult male in nomad plumage: throat and belly white, white of throatsharp! 1/ contrasted irith reddish broivn chest hand; upper parts nearly uni-form dark g-rayish brown ; tail crossed byaboijt 9 or 10 narrow blackish bands. Adultfemale in 7tormal plumage: like male, butchest patch grayish brown instead of rufous.Melanistir phase, both sexes: whole plumageuniform sooty brown, under tail coverts some-times spotted or barred with rusty or whitish.Every possible gradation is shown by differentindividuals between this black phase and thelight colored normal plumage. Young : upper})arts blackish brown varied with bulfy or yel-lowish brown; head. neck, and under partsbuffy brown, head and neck streaked withblackish ; under parts usually more or less])

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