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“Harris's”

The following 3 entries include the term Harris's.

Harris's hawk

noun

: a black hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) found from the southwestern U.S. to South America that has brown shoulders and conspicuous white markings on the rump and tail

Harris's sparrow

noun

: a widely distributed North American sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) largely dusky brown above and white below with a black cap and black bib prolonged into a median streak on the breast

Harris's woodpecker

noun

: a hairy woodpecker (Dendrocopos villosus harrisi) occurring along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to northern California


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