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vt-ry siiiiihir lo tlial of llic Coupci's HawU; il is iiiailr 

 of slicks, (wigs, li-avcs, roollds, iincil with fcadicr-s; 

 one 1 have found linctl wilii barU. The coiupleiueiil 

 of ejjffs are somewhal Jaifici' than those of llie Cooper's 

 Mawlv. with a (lull wliitc. -ravish -round color, with 

 brownish i cd spots, wliicli vary in si/c from si)ecks lo 

 lari-e i.alclics, freqnenlly conllnenl. 



'i'iiis liawk is generally easily caiiiMied, ai)pearini;- 

 (|nile lanir and nnsns|iiriiois. To liiis fai-l, no diMibt. 

 is iai-u'eiy due tlu' scarcity of tin' species in nnmy sec- 

 tions of our State wlu>re in former limes, or before 

 liawks were hunted for bounty, ilii'se birds were quite 

 plenlifnl. ! Iiavr alwa.xs found liie I'.roadwinged 

 Hawk 10 be cowardly, and novr know il to evince any 

 dis|>osiiion to rcpid an invasion, by man, of its nesl. 



It would seem, liowevi'f. liiat the disposition (t.f tliis 

 bird, under certain circumstances, is very variable. 

 Mr. A. G. IJoardman. of .M.iine. who has found several 

 nests and secured ihe e.--s, llnds il lo be conra-i'ous 

 and s]iiril(^d. A man \\ Inun he had cmiiloyed lo oli- 

 tain a nesi, was .-iltacked wiih -n-ai fury, while as- 

 cendin.ii' the tree; l\is cap was torn ['vo\\\ his head, and 

 he would have been seriously injnied if I he bird had 

 not been shot, .\nother inslanre is nnuiliiui.Ml by Dr. 

 Wood, whei-e tliis hawk attacked a boy climbinir to 

 her nest, fastened her talons in his arm. and could not 

 be i'emo%'ed until beaten off and killed with a (dub. 

 Tn sjieakinii of this bird. Dr. Wood says: 



■■Seldom, if fvor. do. s i( s.-izo its i.re.v on tho wiiiR. but se- 

 ouM-s it mostly on tli> ui-unl. sni.sisting nn froRs. .snakes, 

 mice and smnll birds, a. \ ihiml; ih,- latter without rpniovins 

 the feathers. This hiiwk m is liMiits is not as neat in prepar- 

 ine: its food as most of n, l-. nns; li<.|.lins- its pre.v with both 

 I'epI, it tears and eals without iiim-h i-egaid to cleanliness or 

 feathers. " 



