THE SPARROWHAWK. 



This small yet bold and handsome Hawk is seldom 

 found in any save well- wooded districts — districts which 

 abound with the small birds that constitute his food, 

 rich, broad, w^ell cultivated lands, occasionally studded 

 with woods. He will also frequent the fir woods on the 

 borders of the moors, and many a tiny Gold Crest and 

 Willow Warbler fall victims to his rapacity. He also 

 daily sallies forth and hunts the lanes, hedgerows, and 

 coppices, taking a Bunting here, a mouse there, an un- 

 lucky Skylark or a pert little Sparrow — he is no respecter 

 of persons ; all are the same to him. Sent for the 

 purpose of keeping the small birds in bounds, he per- 

 forms his task equally and well. 



The Sparrowhawk hovers in the air just like the 



