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beneath. Breeds throughout N. A., south 

 in early Nov. to winter from N. C. south to 

 Panama, rarely as far north as Mass.; north 

 in April. Nests placed in bushes in marshes, 

 eggs, 3-5, white, slightly spotted with 

 reddish. Flies, low over fields and marshes, 

 moving with irregular flight and slow wing- 

 Fig. 222 



Marsh Hawk. 1-6. 



beats. Food, frogs, mice, snakes and lizards. 

 Common. 



279. WHITE GYRFALCON. 



22, wings pointed, white somewhat 

 banded on back with dusky, fig. 223. Young, 

 streaked below with black. Arctic, wander- 



