PIGEON HAWK 
357. Falco columbarius. 12 in. 
Adult male, bluish slate above, with black shaft lines 
to the feathers; below buffy on the breast, sides and 
thighs; streaked on the breast and barred on the flanks 
with black; tai’ with four black bands. Female and 
young, blackish brown above; below streaked with 
dusky. These little falcons are very bold and coura- 
geous when led by the pangs of hunger, chasing their 
prey close to human beings, and they have been ienowa 
to follow birds, which, in their fright, have dashed 
through windows in houses. .They live upon any of the 
smaller birds, as well as rodents, grasshoppers and 
other insects. 
Nest.—Usually a slight platform of twigs in trees, 
deep in the woods, less often in cavities in trees, and 
sometimes on ledges; eggs buffy, heavily blotched with 
chestnut. (1.50 x 1.20). 
Range.—Breeds chiefly north of the United States, 
but occasionally on the northern border; winters in 
northern United States. 
