. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 142 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS Voice. — Common note imitated by the Eskimo name of the bird " ; Its loud screams have given it the name of "SquaUing Hawk" among the people of Labrador. Breeding. — Chiefly on rugged sea-coast or high banks of rivers and lakes. Nest: Large, 2^ to 3 feet across. On ledge of rock, top of cliff, on high ground overlooking water or in tree. Those on trees built not far from top, composed of sticks and roots, well lined with dry grass, feathers and down. Eggs: 2 to 5;
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 142 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS Voice. — Common note imitated by the Eskimo name of the bird " ; Its loud screams have given it the name of "SquaUing Hawk" among the people of Labrador. Breeding. — Chiefly on rugged sea-coast or high banks of rivers and lakes. Nest: Large, 2^ to 3 feet across. On ledge of rock, top of cliff, on high ground overlooking water or in tree. Those on trees built not far from top, composed of sticks and roots, well lined with dry grass, feathers and down. Eggs: 2 to 5; to by to L90 in.; very variable in size and shape; often short oval; white, greenish-white, buffy-white or pale buffy, spotted and blotched more or less with various browns, from light yellowish-brown to very dark brown and drab or purple and lavender; some eggs slightly marked, but none entirely unspotted; illustrated in Bendire's "Life Histories of North American Birds," Vol. I, Plate VIII, Figs. 10 to 12. Dates: May 23, northern Ungava, to June 20, northern Mackenzie. Incuba- tion: Period about four weeks (Bendire). One brood yearly. Range. — North America, north of Mexico. Breeds chiefly in Hudsonian Zone from Aleutian Islands, northwestern Alaska, Arctic coast, Ungava (northern Quebec), and northeastern Labrador south to central British Columbia, northern Alberta, the lower St. Lawrence valley, north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland; ^ south in winter from southern British Columbia; northern United States and southern Ontario to southern California, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and North Carolina; accidental on St. George, one of the Pribilof Islands. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK A FALLand WINTER. Recent Distribution of the Rough-legged Hawk in Massachusetts Distribution in New England. — Fairly common to rare winter visitor or winter resident locally in open lowland such as wide river valleys, salt-marshes or bushy lands; formerly very c
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