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The American goshawk^ a native of Canada, coming to the 

 United States only in the winter, is a bold destroyer of game birds, 

 especially the ptarmigan. It has been known to escape with a 

 freshly killed chicken or even to follow the owner into the house and 



Fig. 191. Eagle family. The female is ripping up a fish to feed to her three 

 eaglets, whose white heads are ranged before her. The inbending of the left foot of 

 the male, seen taking off in the air, was due to an old wound. He was wantonly killed 

 in the following November. Vermilion, April 27, 1924, at about six in the evening. 

 By F. H. Herrick. American Eagle Series of Western Reserve University. 



snatch it from the table (Fisher). It reaches a length of twenty-five 

 inches. The ancient sport of falconry is being revived somewhat 

 abroad and in the United States, and goshawks are the favorite 

 " falcons." In Turkestan, sparrow-hawks, goshawks, buzzards, 



