. North American birds eggs . der. They are shy birds andbuild their nests in the tallest trees inremote woods. Their two or three eggsare grayish white, faintly spotted withpale brown; size x Data.—LosAngeles County, Cal., April ti, of sticks, lined with barkand leaves;45 feet up in a sycamore tree. Collector,R. B. Chapman. O. 346. Mexican Goshawk. Asturina plagiaia. Range.—Mexico, north to the border of theInited States. A beautiful, medium sized Hawk (17inches long), slaty gray above, white below,numerously barred with grayish: tail black,crossed by several white liars.
. North American birds eggs . der. They are shy birds andbuild their nests in the tallest trees inremote woods. Their two or three eggsare grayish white, faintly spotted withpale brown; size x Data.—LosAngeles County, Cal., April ti, of sticks, lined with barkand leaves;45 feet up in a sycamore tree. Collector,R. B. Chapman. O. 346. Mexican Goshawk. Asturina plagiaia. Range.—Mexico, north to the border of theInited States. A beautiful, medium sized Hawk (17inches long), slaty gray above, white below,numerously barred with grayish: tail black,crossed by several white liars. These aregraceful and active birds, feeding largelyupon small rodents, and occasionally smallbirds. They nest in the top of tall trees, lay-ing two or three greenish white, unmarkedeggs; size l.!)5 x l.(i(). Data. —Santa CruzRiver, Arizona, June ;-!, ()2. Nest in thefork of a mesquite tree about forty feet fromthe ground; made of large sticks, lined withsmaller ones and leaves. Three eggs. Col-lector, O. \V. W Intl. [347.] Rough-legged Hawk. Arrhibuteo lagopus. An Old World species, similar to the next; regarded as doubtfully occuring inAlaska. 347a. American Rough-legged Hawk. A nilihutco hit/opus tiancii-joh(()}i} is. Range.—Northern Nortli America, breeding chielly north of our borders andwintering south to the middle portions of the United States. The Rough-legs are large, heavily built birds of prey, specially characterizedby the completely feathered legs. The present species is 22 inches long, and inthe normal plumage has a whitish head, neck, breast and tail, the former North American Birds Eggs. KiS being streaked and the hitter, bar-red with bhukish; tlie remainder nfthe upper anil underparts are blaek-isl\ brown. Tlieir nests are usnallyVihiced in trees, and less often nnthe uround than are those of thenext species. Tliese Rnnjili-lessare very irrejinhirly ilistril>nted, andare nowhere as common as tlie next.\\liile the greater number nestnorth
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