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Limit— Black Vulture— Feeds on Carrion, Not Poultry- 

 Well Treated in the South— Hawks, Falcons and 

 Eagles— A Valuable Group of Hawks^Detrlmentai 

 Species — The Cooper's Hawk — But Few Insects — The 

 Goshawk— Swallow-Tailed Kite— Does not Molest 

 Poultry — Views of Various Writers — The Nest and 

 Eggs— Its Plight Easy and Graceful— Mississippi Kite- 

 Feeds on Insects — The Nest and Eggs — Not a Shy 

 Bird— Marsh Hawk— The Nest and Eggs— Feeds on 

 Mice— What Various Writers Say— Feeds on Reptiles 

 and Insects— Protects the Ci-ops- A FYiend of the 

 Farmer — Sharp-Shinned Hawk^The Nest and Eggs — 

 Fond of Poultry and Song Birds— Kills Game Birds- 

 Some Small Birds it Devours^Cooper's Hawk — The 

 Nest and Eggs— An Audacious Poultry Thief— A bold 

 Act— A Mixed Diet— Destroys Quail — Feeds on Domes- 

 tic Pigeons — Kills Grouse and Other Game — Birds — 

 Mammals— At Least One Good Trait— Goshawk- 

 Breeds in Sullivan County— Goshawks and Wild 

 Pigeons— What Goshawks Prey Upon— The Destruction 

 of Poultry — An Enemy of the Wild Fowl — A Successful 

 Grouse Hunter— Ptarmigans are Easy Prey— Red- 

 tailed Hawk— They Battle in Mid-air— Handle a 

 Wounded Hawk Carefully — ^When Red-tails were abun- 

 dant—Mice Destroyed the Grape Vines— The Nest and 

 Eggs— How they Catch Squirrels— Will Take Chick- 

 ens— Red-tails are Good Mousers— Red-Shouldered 

 Hawks— The Nest and Eggs— Does Not Prey on Chick- 

 ents— Eats Frogs and Insects— Broad-winged Hawk— 

 The Nest and Eggs — Is an Unsuspicious Bird — Food 

 of the Broad-wing— What Other Writers Say about 

 its Food— Rough-Legged Hawk— An Error Corrected— 

 Subsists Mainly on Field Mice— Destroys Enemies of 

 the Orchard— Golden Eagle— The Golden Eagle as a 

 Pet— He Devoured Thomas Cats— Would Seize Grim- 

 alkin by Neck and Back— Food of the Golden Eagle- 

 Eagles Destroy Many Lambs— Adult Deer Attacked— 

 Bald Eagle— The Nest and Eggs— The Bald Eagle and 

 Osprey— Sometimes Fishes for Himself— Kills Pigs and 

 Lambs— How they Capture Geese — Will Sometimes At- 

 tack Mankind— Destroys Poultry and Game — Duck 

 Hawk— The Nest and Eggs— Kills Domestic Fowls- 

 Played Havoc With Terns— Kills Wild Fowls— They 

 Prey on Birds— Devours Many Beneficial Birds— Views 

 cf Different Writers— Sparrow Hawk— Xf.pt F.^g's and 



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