A SECRET IN THE CAT-TAILS, THE HOME OF THE MARSH HAWK 



To portray cliaractcr is tin- aiiilntioii of an artist. Ijut licrc tlu' tauu-ra has cauglit the wild, tierce 

 nature of the hawk just as the bird has aliglited upon its nest and glanced about to see if all is 

 well. The marsh hawk is a bird of open fields, shores, and marshes, and seldom alights in trees. It feeds 

 mostly upon mice and frogs but sometimes takes birds. Its face is somewhat owl-like, owing to its large, 

 though concealed, ears and. as with the owls, hearing probably plays an important part in the bird's pur- 

 suit of mice as they dart about in the long grass 



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