The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 49
timesover, by their constant warfare against rats, mice,and similar animals. It is said that when a tiger once tastes humanblood, he ever after prefers it to all other food.It is doubtless much the same with a hawk,whether of the species we are now consideringor of others to be mentioned. A… … FIG. 4. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. wrong-doer; but, it is to be added, he is hardlyjustified in declaring war against the whole hawktribe, and in destroying the innocent and guiltyalike. The Rough-legged Hawk (Fig. 3) is anotherlarge species, a little larger than either of theothers, and even heavier on the…
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