SEA GULLS, CUCKOOS, ETC. 



A I Iciisl l\v(v heads of the Anu>rii-an HtMiiiiu (Jiill 

 uiMc jiaid l(ir as Hawks under tlie ad (>t' ISS.'i. The 

 one illnsiialed was preseuted Id me by I'rof. S. F. 

 Itaird. and another of the same speeies, killed alouu; 

 I lie Susiiuehauua river, was sent to my otlice for iden 

 lilieaiion. The Gull received from Prof. Haird was 

 called a "White Hawk." The head of the Yellow- 

 liilled Ciiekoo (Fig. :{), was also sent to Prof. Baird 

 as I he head of a "Small Hawk" of some unknown but 

 deirimental species. The A\'hip-j)oor-will (Fig. 1), and 

 .\'i,^lltlla\^k (Fig. 2). heads were secured by the writer 



Wild Turkey (Fig 1 1, and a conuuon domeslicated hen 

 tl'^ig. L'l, were sent )o Prof. Baird as "Hawk heads." 



The Fish Hawk, from which Fig. 1 has been repro- 

 duced, was shot along the Brandywine Creek. The 

 ui.iTi wiio otVered it for bounty explained how much 

 dauiage it had done to his chickens, and how. fov sev 

 eral d;iys, it had lingei-ed near his dwelling watching 

 for and killing chickens and ducks. On examination 

 this Fish Hav.k's sto^mach showed it contained only 

 the remains of fish. The ('coper's Hawk, iu dowux 

 dress, (Fig. 2), came from Crawford county where, it 

 is claimed, (he eggs of this .uid other si>ecies of Hawks 

 and Owls were collec(<'d and hatched oui under hens 

 • )r with incubators. 



The illustrations of tlie adults, male and female, 

 Afarsh Hawks. ai-(- those of a beneficial species w'hich 

 were killed in c(uisiderable numbers by scalp hunters. 

 Tlie heads of the CoO'per's Hawks (adult and young or 

 immature) show the sjjecies in ditferent ]duniage. 

 This Hawk i- (Uie ,.f the worsi feathered pests the 

 poult rv raiser has to contend with. 



