GYRFALCONS 288 



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. 



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- 



