MARSH HAWK. 
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u y are very common. Several were also brought me 
jj .''inter from the meadows below Philadelphia. 
never seen its nest, I am unable to describe it 
''rh observation. It is said, by European 
{j,^'ers, to build on the ground, or on low limbs of 
Mr Pennant observes, that it sometimes changes 
? ''Ust-coloured variety, e.vcept on the rump and tail, 
ligj** *ouud, as was to be c.vpcctcd, at Hudson’s Bay, 
native in both this latitude and that of Britain, 
'eih informed that it is common iu the open and 
fiif ^*®'’nte parts of Russia and Siberia ; and extends as 
tr ^ Lake Baikal, though it is said not to be found iu 
■ ij.J'^nth of Europe.* 
‘e marsh han k is twenty-one inches long, and three 
fo ' “leveii inches in extent ; cere and legs, yellow, the 
W*.'' Uu!?ed with green, the latter long and slender; 
jE til, large, triangubir ; this and the base ol the bill, 
tile eovered with strong curving hairs, that rise from 
bit, ‘‘Pace between the eye and bill, arching over the 
Mir .'** I*'** ""‘I i l'a''t'<''"'af rharacter- 
bill, blue, black at the end ; eye, dark hazel ; 
age overhanging the eye, and also the eyelid, bluish 
It, b** ! spot under the eye, and line from the front over 
tb^ ^'" uish white ; head above and back, dark glossy 
.al® brown, the former slightly seamed with bright 
Jiiw'St'mus ; scapulars, spotted with the same under the 
’■ lesser coverts and band of the wing, here and 
ti(.jj *'.®'lgcd nith the same; greater coverts and prima- 
buljl *pt with whitish ; quills deep brown at the extreme 
nil o*®me of the outer ones hoary on the exterior edge ; 
^ilil primaries, yellowish ndiite on the inner vanes 
'’Wl!'*’Per half, also barred on tbc inner vanes with 
Mn, ’ lone-, extending three inches beyond the 
fro5'*’,*'“>i«ded at the end, mid of a jiale sorrel colour, 
'Piddl broad bars of very dark brown, the two 
dii(i j.*’ Ibathers excepted, which are barred n'ith deep 
i-Ugi^bter shades of chocolate brown ; chin, pale fer- 
^ “tits ; round the neck, a colhu- of bright rust colour ; 
Pallas, as quoted by Pennant. 
