212 NE8T8 AND EGGS OF 



xl.7. The eggs of this Hawk are two to four in number, greenish-white, buffy- 

 whtte or colorless, sometimes unmarked, but usually spotted, stained or blotched 

 with reddish or rusty-brown. Their average size is 2.21x1.70. 



343. BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Huff, ///XM'JMX (Wils.) Geog. Dist. 

 Eastern North America, from New Brunswick and the Saskatchewan country south 

 to Texas, Mexico, Central America, northern portion of South America and West 



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343 BROAD-WINGKD HAWK (After Audubon i 



Th* Broad-winged Hawk is of general distribution in Eastern North America. 

 It makes Its summer home In the solitudes of dense woodlands, usually in the vi- 

 cinity of a marsh, lake or river. The bird is of an unsuspicious and spiritless char- 

 acter, frequently permitting the intruder to approach within a few yards of it with- 

 imi exhibiting the least alarm. When the nest is approached this Hawk is said to 

 tter a piercing cry of a.arm. Its food consists of squirrels, weasels, frogs, mice 



