Po-pvlar Srinirc MoiilJiIi/ 



other 

 prf\- 



upon the crops of the agriculturist. Still 

 species of hawks, as the Duck Hawk, 

 entirely upon feathered game, and nc\er come 

 near the l)arn\ard. Birds of that class do no 

 more than we do ourselves — hunt ducks for food. 

 That a number of species of hawks do con- 

 stantlj- prey upon both the old and }oung of 

 various kind of domestic fowls, there is no 

 question; moreover, they feed upon a large 

 number of them in the course of a year. Still, 

 no indi\idual poidtry-raiscr or farmer loses a 

 sufficient numlier of his fowls an!uiall\-, through 

 the attacks of hawks, either to impo\-erish iiini 

 or so far embitter him as to cause him to be 

 the enemy of every hawk of every species in the 

 country. To follow such a policy is an extremeh' 

 grave error; it would be like exterminating 

 all snakes and owls for 

 the reason that a fe-w 

 snakes arc venomous, 

 and the larger owls 

 occasionally capture a 

 domestic fowl. If we 

 consider all the snakes 

 and all the owls as a 

 group, they save from 

 damage and destruc- 

 tion farm products to 

 the extent of many 

 millions of dollars 



The Broad-Wing Hawk 

 which preys upon mice 



A very young Sparrow 



Hawk in its fledgeling 



covering 



Full-grown Sparrow Hawk — one 

 of the farmer's feathered friends 



annually. The pity is that they 

 are so constantly preyed -upon 

 that they cannot accomplish 

 results to be appreciated by us. 



Wolves of the Sea that 



Abound in Cuban 



Waters 



FACTS appear in- 

 contestably that 

 sharks, and big ones, 

 abound in Cuban 

 waters; that thousands 

 of swimmers are never 

 attacked; and that 

 there arc perfectly 

 authentic instances of 

 people being maimed or 

 killed by them. 

 The Antillean shark is less dangerous than 

 some Australian and South Pacific species. In 

 clear water of fifteen or twenty feet depth he is 

 timid. Near a boat anchored where the bottom 

 can be seen from the surface, as in those waters 

 it commonh- can Ije at the depth named, the 

 bather is safe. In deeper water there is risk. If 

 there is blood in the water from a wounded man 

 or fish, the swimmer's peril is great. Indifferciu, 

 lazy creatures, of a low order of intelligence, 

 sharks are instantly frenzied by the presence of 

 blood, and will atttick an>thing that moves. 



More than the sharks, the Barrera cruiser; 

 fear, when inclined to a morning plunge, tlu 

 picoua, a big and aggressi\e fellow with a 

 protruding jaw fitted with long, sharp teeth. 

 L\ing motionless near the bottom in rock\- 

 retreats about the oftshorc reefs, he darts at hi ; 

 pre>' with remarkable swiftness. His sinister 

 appearance has given him an evil reputation. 



