Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 572
merely teaching animals that we will not harmthem. The cattle, sheep, and song-birds have tamed the rabbit, but the dogs, foxes, andbirds of prey have proved to be enemies. SPARROW-HAWKS LENGTH OF LIFE. 137 West Main Street, Middletown, N. Y.Dear St. Nicholas : I have in my home a sparrow-hawk… … her something. Then when we tell her to say Thankyou, she will give a little chirp. As I am interested insparrow-hawks, I would like to know the average lengthof their lives. In a manual I have at home it says theaverage length of their lives is about forty years. Yours truly, Stanley Shimer. It is…
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