. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BUWti. 215 -with small twigs and green leaves. The eggs are white, with a few Indistinct buffy- Ijrpwn spots, sizes , [347.] BOTJGH-LEGGED HAWK. Archibuteo loffopus (Brunn.) Geog Dlst— Northern portions of the old world; Alaska. The European Rough-legged Buzzard very much resembles our American bird, sancti-joliannis. 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 bree
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BUWti. 215 -with small twigs and green leaves. The eggs are white, with a few Indistinct buffy- Ijrpwn spots, sizes , [347.] BOTJGH-LEGGED HAWK. Archibuteo loffopus (Brunn.) Geog Dlst— Northern portions of the old world; Alaska. The European Rough-legged Buzzard very much resembles our American bird, sancti-joliannis. 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-UEGGED Hawk (From Brehm). white to grayish or cream-color, usually marked with numerous spots and blotches of umber and sepia-brown, and sometimes entirely unmarked; average size 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 Davie, Oliver; Davie, Oliver. Egg check list of North American birds. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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