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Since the advent and alarming increase of the Eng- 

 lisii Sparrow, it is not nnusnal for tlie Sliarpshiuned 

 Hawk to pay occasional visits to towns and villages 

 where he should be heartily welcomed for the dcstrnc- 

 lion ho causes among these feathered pests. 



l>r. A. K. Fisher very properly says: 



"Little can be said in tavor of this liawli, altliuugli its dar- 

 ing courage and impudence are to be admired. On this and 

 the tvro following species (Cooper's Hawk and Goshawk) 

 mainly rest the responsibility for the ill-favor with which 

 the other hawks are regarded. A score of valuable species 

 suffer because they belong to a class which Includes two or 

 three noxious kinds. However, like most villains, it has at 

 least one redeeming quality, and that is its fondness for the 

 English Sparrow, our imported bird nuisance." 



.^OMK SM.M>L BlIiDS IT 1)K VOLUtS. 



'J'he Sharp-shinned Hawk is known to kill .ind feed 

 upon the following species of small wild birds which 

 are common in this Staff: 



pai 



Meadow Lark, 



Common Robin, 



Crow Blackbird. 



Cow Blackbird, 



Blue Bird, 



Flicker, 



Downy Woodpecker. 



Goldfinch, 



Savanna Sparrow, 



Baltimore Oriole, 



Chickadee, 



Hermit Thrush, 



Red Eyed Vireo. 



Black Throated Green War 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



This list could be considerably enlarged, as there are 

 many other kinds of birds which different observers 

 have identified among the stomach contents of this 

 hawk. The list is, however, sufficiently large to give 

 (he general readei' a very cleai' idea I hat (he Sharj)- 

 sliinncd is cvci' ready to c.-ipture and prey upon almost 



Ked-headed Woodi 

 Cat Bird, 

 English Sparrow, 

 Song Sparrow, 

 Tree Sparrow, 

 Snow Bird, 

 Fox Sparrow, 

 Chipping Sparrow. 

 c:)rchard Oriole. 

 White-throated 

 Brown Thrush, 

 Myrtle Warbler. 

 Common Pewce 

 Oven Bird. 



