The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 57
he destruction of grasshoppers meanslittle in the East, but in the far West, in theregions of the grasshopper plague, it meansmuch; and the number of the winged pests de-stroyed by the sparrow hawk is not easilyreckoned. Notwithstanding this fact, the State of Colo-rado passed a law, some years… … FIG. 10. PIGEON-HAWK. of stealing poultry. The sparrow hawk whencaptured young is readily tamed, and makes a gentle and interest-ing pet, perchingupon the hand,read-ily recognizing itsfriends, and becom-ing quite friendly. The West con-tains another hawk,of large size, theSwainsons Hawk,fc which…
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