NORTB AMERICAN BIliUH. 



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with small twigs and greea leaves. The eggs are white, with a few indistinct huffy- 

 brown spots, sizes 1.96x1.54, 1.96x1.58. 



[347.] BOXTGH-IiEGGED HAWK. Archibuteo laffopus (Brunn.) Geog Dlst — 

 Northern portions o£ the old world; Alaska. 



The European Rough-legged Buzzard very much resembles our American bird, 

 saneti-johannis. In Europe it is said to be sparingly distributed over the northern 

 parts, appearing occasionally in Northern Britain, and with regularity in the more 

 southern portions. It is known to breed in the rugged mountain regions of Switzer- 

 land and various parts of France and Italy, placing the bulky nest of sticks in lofty 

 trees or on precipitous rocks. The eggs, two to four In number, varv from dirty- 



347. Rough-legged Hawk (From Brehm). 



white to grayish or cream-color, usually marked with numerous spots and blotches 

 of umber and sepla-brown, and sometimes entirely unmarked; average size 2.20x1.80. 



