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KESTS AND EOGS OF 



xl.67. The eggs of this Hawk are two to four In number, greenish-white, buffy- 

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

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



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343. BROAD-WIWGED HAWK. Buieo Jatlssimiis (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 

 Jndies. 



343. Broad-winged Hawk (After Audubon). 



The 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- 

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

 litter a piercing cry of aiarm. Its food consists of squirrels, weasels, frogs, mice 



