The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 57
he chase a huge joke, and Ihave seen other hawks enjoying the same sort offun. Fig. io.—The Pigeon Hawk, so called from itssize and bluish color, makes a fit comrade of theother two. Though no less destructive to bird-life, since it is smaller it must necessarily preyupon smaller birds; and the… … Sir FIG. O. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. Fig. il. —The Sparrow Hawk, our smallesthawk and the most abundant of its tribe, is cer-tainly a very valuable ally to the farmer. Whenit can obtain them, grasshoppers are its favoritefood, and it rarely eats anything else. Whenthese are not to be had, it captures…
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