. North American birds eggs . [Buff.] [] Kestrel. Falco [Keddish buff Range.—Whole of Europe; accidental on thecoast of Massachusetts. This species is very similar in size and colora-tion to the American Sparrow Hawk. They aremuch more abundant than the Sparrow Hawk isin this country and frequently nest about houses,in hollow trees, on rafters of barns, or on ledgesanti embankments. Their eggs are of a reddishbuff color, speckled and bfotched with reddishbrown, they being much tiarker than those of theAmerican Sparrow Hawk. North American Birds Eggs. 171 360. Sparrow Hawk.

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. North American birds eggs . [Buff.] [] Kestrel. Falco [Keddish buff Range.—Whole of Europe; accidental on thecoast of Massachusetts. This species is very similar in size and colora-tion to the American Sparrow Hawk. They aremuch more abundant than the Sparrow Hawk isin this country and frequently nest about houses,in hollow trees, on rafters of barns, or on ledgesanti embankments. Their eggs are of a reddishbuff color, speckled and bfotched with reddishbrown, they being much tiarker than those of theAmerican Sparrow Hawk. North American Birds Eggs. 171 360. Sparrow Hawk. Ftilcii s}i<—North America, east of the Reeky Mountains and nortli to Hudson Bay; winters from the middle portions of tlie United States, soutliward. This lieautiful little Faleon is the smallest of theAmerican Hawks, lieing (jnly 10 inches in are very abundant in the east, nesting anywherein cavities in trees, either in woods or open eggs are generally deposited upon the bottom ofthe cavity with no lining; they are creamy or

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