The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



stump only a few feet away. To Peter in his fright 

 he seemed the biggest bird he ever had seen. Of 

 course he wasn't. Actually he was very near the 

 same size as Redtail the Hawk, whom Peter knew 

 well. He was handsome. There was no denying 

 the fact that he was handsome. His back was 

 bluish. His head seemed almost black. Over and 

 behind each eye was a white line. Underneath he 

 was beautifully marked with wavy bars of gray 

 and white. On his tail were four dark bands. Yes, 

 he was handsome. But Peter had no thought for 

 his beauty. He could see nothing but the fierceness 

 of the eyes that were fixed on the entrance to that 

 hollow log. Peter shivered as if with a cold chill. 

 He knew that in Terror was no pity or gentleness. 



"I hope," thought Peter, "that Mr. and Mrs. 

 Grouse are nowhere about." You see he knew that 

 there is no one that Terror would rather catch than 

 a member of the Grouse family. 



Terror did not sit on that stump long. He knew 

 that Peter was not likely to come out in a hurry. 

 Presently he flew away, and Peter suspected from 

 the direction in which he was headed that Terror 

 was going over to visit Farmer -Brown's henyard. 

 Of all the members of the Hawk family there is none 

 more bold than Terror the Goshawk. He would 

 not hesitate to seize a hen from almost beneath 

 Farmer Brown's nose. He is well named, for 

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