CHAPTER IV. 



HAWKS, FALCONS AND EAGLES. 



THE princes of the house of the birds of 

 do not 

 find much 

 to tempt 

 them to 

 Bombay, 

 with the 

 exception 

 of the In- 

 dian Spar- 

 rowHawk, 

 which will 

 be wher- 

 ever there 

 are spar- 

 rows. Not 

 that spar- 

 row meat 

 is better 

 than that 

 of larks or 

 b u 1 b u Is, 

 or other 

 small 

 birds, but 



prey 



Sparrow Haivk. 



a community of sparrows, at ease in the 

 blished security of their urban life, offers 



esta- 

 rare 



