THE ARREDONDO SPARROW HAWK 



RREDONDO 

 'GRANT" is the 

 name of a tract of 

 country of perhaps 

 forty thousand acres, 



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lying in central Florida. It is 

 a region of low, rolling sand 

 hills, dotted with numerous shal- 

 low ponds and thinly clad in 

 forests of yellow pine. Many small farms and orange 

 groves add variety to the landscape. The origin of the 

 name dates back to the time when the Spaniards ruled the 

 country and General Arredondo received the territory for 

 services to the Spanish government. 



The variety of bird life here is not great, but the species 

 which occur are generally represented by many individ- 

 uals. One of the most common is the little American 

 sparrow hawk, which remains throughout the seasons. 

 It is the smallest of the falcons. Seldom have I seen a 

 bird which aroused in me a keener interest or deeper sym- 

 pathy than did one of these sparrow hawks, whose path of 



life for some years ran parallel with my own. 



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