.\(>h s on llii nil lis. :U1 



NL'. A(;i ii.A ( lll;^ sAKios ( l.iniiaMi- 1 . i.iii.ui \ i;\(;i.i:. Cll'.ii 



Kiirc sli-;i.irj,'lri-. One Uillnl in (lie ci-^lcrii |.:ii-l iif CmitdII Cmiily in Di- 

 ccniiicr. iss:;. (»iH' seen iiciir 'I'circ II.iiilc in llic I'.-ili i.f issT. A ymni^' 

 female sent lis Ndvcnilicr I'l'. lss!». finni I'.h.uniiniildn by Mnscs Kiilin «if 

 tliiit place. These are tlie only recoids I liaxc Inr Hie iliree euMiities. 



S.'i. IIai.i.kkh s 1 i;r(()( Ki'ii Ai.rs ikicocki'II Ai.i s ( I,inn;eiis i . 

 i!Ai,n KAdi.K. {:i'y2) 



Not int'i('i|iieiil as a winti'r Nisiter. 



CanoU Coiiiiti/: One seen lu'ar ('aniden in .Marcii. isT'J: a younfj; one seen 

 just west of I'lttsburg, Xovenihei- L'l. iss:;. ami amiiliei- ynuni; bird shot in 

 Washington Township in January, lss|. hy David J. llanly: about the 

 same time anotlier was eauglit alive in White County and hvousht t(» Delphi ; 

 an adult seen near liald Hill Cliuich in i>eiuocrat Township about Febru- 

 ary lu, lSSr». by James II. SlialTer: anollier adult was shot near Itossville 

 the preeedinfr month; a line aduli male was cauirht in a steel trap near 

 Pyrmont February 20. 188."). and bn;ULilit \i> us hy dur friend James II. Lyons 

 on March 2S, it having died; still another adult was killed about this time 

 lu^ar Pittsburg by a Mr. MeCord. 



Vifjo CoHitiji: Seen occasionally abjug the Wabash in fall and winter. 

 One at Durkee's Ferry in September, iss'.t. .Nd deiinite iccords for Monroe 

 County, tliough it doubtless occurs there. 



It is said a pair of P.ald Eagles nested cu the Kaid<akee in northwest In- 

 diana recently, but this report has not been verilieil. of frequent occur- 

 rence at Lake Maxinkuckee. 



84. FAI.CO SPARVKKHS si'ARVKRHs Liuua'us. si>Ai;i{owiiAWK. (.';r)0) 



Of all the hawks found in the couidie; covered by this jiaiier. the Spar- 

 rowhawk is the most abundant, best kncpwn. and most useful. It is a per- 

 manent resident in all the counties, usually rare in winter but very ccuumon 

 in summer. 



On every farm one or more pairs of spairowhawks could be found. A 

 favorite resting place for them is on the toj* of some fence stake at the 

 edge of a meadow or other field; another is on a limb near the to]) of some 

 old dead tree at the edge of the woods. From such vantage points as these 

 they watch the fields and open places for any luckless frog, snake, or field 

 mouse that ventures into the open. At other times they may ite .seen flying 

 about over the fields searching for their prey, now and then '■hovernig', 

 that is. remaining stationary in the air over some particular spot which 

 they wish to examine more carefully. If any suital)le prey is seen, the 

 Sparrowhawk drops upon it with incredible swiftness, seizes it in its talons, 

 and flies away with it to some convenient i)erch and ijreceeds to make a 

 meal of it. Gartersnakes are among the most frequent \ictims of the 

 Spai-rowhawk, and field mice come next .-imong vertebr.iies. Itut grasshop- 



liers and other insects constitute a large luirt of the f I of this hawk. I 



have never seen a Si)arrowhawk catch a bird of an.\ kind : if they ever do 

 it nnist be ver.v rarel.v indeeil. 



