. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. BIRDS OF PREY [] Merlin. Falco tttcdon. This common European specieH was once acci- dentally taken in southern Greenland. Their eggs are generally laid on the ground on cliffs or banks. 359. Aplomauo Falcon. f'<i/fo fusco-citruletceni. Range.—Tropical America north to Mexican boundary of the United States. This handsone and strikingly marked Falcon Is found In limited numbers within the United State
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. BIRDS OF PREY [] Merlin. Falco tttcdon. This common European specieH was once acci- dentally taken in southern Greenland. Their eggs are generally laid on the ground on cliffs or banks. 359. Aplomauo Falcon. f'<i/fo fusco-citruletceni. Range.—Tropical America north to Mexican boundary of the United States. This handsone and strikingly marked Falcon Is found In limited numbers within the United States, but south Is common and widely distributed. They nest at a low elevation. In bushes or small trees, making their rude nests of twigs, lined with a few grasses. They lay three, and sometimes four, eggs which have a creamy white ground color, finely dotted with cinnamon, and with heavy blotches of brown. Size x Pua [] Kesthkl. Fiilco tinnumuluii. RanKe. Whole of Kurope; accidental on tlie • oast of Massachusetts. This sp.^(ie;< is very similar in size and colora- tion to the Ameri<an Sparrow Hawk. They are mucli more al)undant than the Sparrow Hawk is in this country and frequently nest about houses in liollow trees, on rafters of barns, or on ledges and embankments. Their eggs are of a red-^ish huff color, speckled and blotched with reddish brown, they being much darker than those of the American Sparrow Hawk. «t ^ ^ ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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