. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Prairie FalconThis species abounds in suitable lo-calities, generally placing its nestsupon rocky ledges and cliffs, and some-times trees, generally upon the banksRedilish buff of some stream. The nests are masses of sticks, lined with weeds and grasses. The three or four eggs have a reddishbuff ground color, and are thickly sprinkled and blotched with reddish buffbrown and chestnut; size 356a. Duck Hawk. Falco peregrinus anatum. Ra
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Prairie FalconThis species abounds in suitable lo-calities, generally placing its nestsupon rocky ledges and cliffs, and some-times trees, generally upon the banksRedilish buff of some stream. The nests are masses of sticks, lined with weeds and grasses. The three or four eggs have a reddishbuff ground color, and are thickly sprinkled and blotched with reddish buffbrown and chestnut; size 356a. Duck Hawk. Falco peregrinus anatum. Range.—Whole of North America, breeding locally, chiefly in mountainous re-gions, throughout its range. This beautiful species, characterized by its black moustache, is the mostgraceful, fearless, and swiftest of the Falcons, striking down birds of severaltimes its own weight, such as some of the larger Ducks. It breeds quiteabundantly on the Pacific coast and in certain localities in the Dakotas, laying its eggs on the rocky ledges. Their eggs arer .V similar to those of the Prairie Falcon, but are
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