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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



rare indeed. In both species 

 the male is a much smaller 

 bird than the female, and is 

 also more brightly coloured. 

 The Gos-HAWK was at one 

 time used in falconry; it is 

 a bird of extremely ferocious 

 disposition, and in the days 

 when hawks were used for 

 sporting purposes had to be 

 kept v'ery safely tethered, as, 

 if it gained its liberty, it 

 would at once proceed to kill 

 every other hawk and falcon 

 in the " mews." 



The Falcon Tribe is 

 divisible into two sections — 

 the one containing the Ameri- 

 can Carrion-hawks, and 

 the other the FALCONS. 



The Carrion-hawks, or 

 C.^RACARAS, are long-legged 

 birds which spend most of 

 their time on the ground and 

 run well. They are said to 

 hunt, not seldom in packs, 

 after the fashion of wild dogs. 

 One species at least affords an 

 admirable example of mim- 

 icry — so rare among birds. 

 This is the CURASSOW-HAWK, 

 so called from its resemblance 

 to the curassow, one of the 



EGYPTIAN VULTURE 



T/iis (i "nf 'J the foulest feeders of the Vulture Tribe 



[Regent's Pari 



WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE 



This IS an lustra/tan speiies^ feeding chtcjiy upon c 



Game-birds. The resemblance is 

 e\idently ad\-antageous, for there- 

 b\- the hawk is enabled to sit 

 quietly at rest till its pre\' conies 

 within eas>- reach, mistaking the 

 hawk for the inoffensive curassow. 

 The F.\LC0NS form an ex- 

 ceedingly interesting group, if 

 only on account of the part 

 which they played in the sports of 

 nicdi;cval England. Birdsof large 

 size and forms as small as sparrows 

 are included within the group ; all 

 are \er)' powerful on the wing, 

 and all feed on living prey, 

 though, in the case of the di- 

 minutix'c iorms, this may consist 



