A Book on Birds 



August afternoon, are either Turkey Buz- 

 zards or Red-tailed Hawks in our latitude. 

 And often it is hard to tell them apart 

 under such conditions; not only their 

 manner of flight being practically the same, 

 but also their breadth of outspread pinions. 

 A marked point of dissimilarity, however, 

 for those who must identify them in the air, 

 if at all, is that the Buzzards appear entirely 

 dark in color underneath, while the Hawks 

 are of a light grayish hue which has the 

 effect of making them seem to vanish for a 

 moment whenever the sun shines full against 

 it. Beside this the former are longer of 

 neck, and, though assuming the same pose 

 when flying, proceed in a straighter course 

 than the latter, who move about as a rule 

 in great, sweeping circles. 



The Red-tailed Hawk, whilst not nearly 

 as predatory as Cooper's Hawk, so much 

 dreaded by many farmers, is nevertheless 

 by no means as serene and peaceable at 

 close quarters as he purports to be from afar. 



I remember well how as a boy of eight or 

 nine attending a very primitive little public- 



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