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Buteo platypterus.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Two eggs (3044), June 8, I897, coll.C.H.Watrous. I bird
started from nest; both parents seen flying about & their cries
heard. Eggs nearly hatched. On Mason knoll, Pine Point, in Yel-
low Birch about 40ft.above ground; composed of dead sticks & lined
with green maple twigs & leaves, sprigs of green spruce & Hemlock
bark. Feathers hanging fr.nest outside.