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bfl llest Was h..l|o\\ e.lljs. 



i Tin- e^s an- plain Muish white wit: 

 kind's. unl i .1 \lthoiitdi I saw 



inai--.li harr: 



and Illicit Lake tli.-ii- in- ' hard to find. 



to tin- Kirds and as they make their 



ily see ol.jeets appro. 



ami tly up oft' their m-sts while tin- intruder i- some dis- 



The marsh hawk is alaiinlam M i M- i i-mintx' 



hak.ita. aii-i i !iunil-r from my 



coiii-cttu- fchere, ainongflt them i^ a set of rm 



wi-11 sj.i.tt-'l with In-own all OV6T, this is tin- only s<-t in w 

 tin- fcrirs have markings out !' a . p forty '---. all 



tin- n-^t an- plain Kluish OT -'i' i ' t> nisli whit". Inn in sonn- cases 

 the f^irs ai-i- vjaiiu-il more or less. 'I'h,. usual mmilM-r of . 

 fouml in one nest is tive <>r six, although I have a i-lntch of 



Sat wen- collected iii Manitol.a. .lime l.">th. I 

 In the North-\\'est the mai-sh harriers in In-own plui: 



M in.']-.- numerous than those in Mile pin:. _ In fact I 

 only saw tn of tin- latter, although I musf h.-, 



us in l.n.v. n |ih;- .. i 



impossil.le to walk a mil- ; ie prairie witlu.i;; one 



or more marsh hawks, and i- _: over the prairii <. M the 



rail 1 .re,|Uently seen from tin- ear win- 



dows. The l.ird ma ^ni/ed at any i --a-, .naiile .iistaiu-.- 



l.y its peculiar conti^uiation. produe.-d l.y the length of the 

 win^s and tail, if -ailing flight, the singular Kluish and 



white coloration of tUe adult male, and the conspicuous white 



root of tin- tail of tin- female and 

 -!i harrier helot >|e ' l.inls of the 



. nor a coward, as any 



:'y himself hy handling a winded hird. It 

 '-ndid action in the )>i, 



.d true 1 '.\ith 



all '.-ss impetus 



;esand plo\ 



ordinar\ tieM mi. . .mail r.-pt 



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