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Limit — Blacl< Vulture— Feeds on Carrion, Not Poultry — 

 Well Treated in the South — Hawks, Falcons and 

 Eagles — A Valuable Group of Hawks— Detrimental 

 Species— The Cooper's Hawk — But Few Insects — The 

 Goshawk — Swallow-Tailed Kite — Does not Molest 

 Poultry — Viiews of Various Writers — The Nest and 

 Eggs— Its Flight Easy and Graceful — Mississippi Kite- 

 Feeds on Insects — The Nest and Eggs — Not a Shy 

 Bird — Marsh Hawk— The Nest and Eggs— Feeds on 

 Mice — What Various Writers Say — Feeds on Reptiles 

 and Insects— Protects the Crops^A Priend of the 

 Farmer — Sharp-Shinned Hawk — The Nest and Eggs — 

 Fond of Poultry and Song Birds — Kills Game Birds — 

 Some Small Birds it Devours — 'Cooper's Hawk — The 

 Nest and Eggs — An Audacious Poultry Thief — A bold 

 Act — A Mixed Diet — Destroys Quail — ^Feeds on Domes- 

 tic Pigeons — Kills Grouse and Other Game — Birds — 

 Mammals — At Least One Good Trait — Goshawk — 

 Breeds in Sullivan County — Goshawks and Wild 

 Pigeons — What Goshawks Prey Upon — The Destruction 

 of Poultry — An Enemy of the Wild Fowl — A Successful 

 Grouse Hunter — Ptarmigans are Easy Prey — Red- 

 tailed Hawk — They Battle in Mid-air — Handle a 

 Wounded Hawk Carefully — ^When Red-tails were abun- 

 dant — Mice Destroyed the Grape Vines — The Nest and 

 Eggs — How they Catch Squirrels — Will Take Chick- 

 ens — Red-tails are Good Mousers — Red-Shouldered 

 Hawks — The Nest and Eggs — Does Not Prey on Chick- 

 ents — Eats Frogs and Insects — Broad-winged Hawk — 

 The Nest and Eggs — Is an Unsuspicious Bird — Food 

 of the Broad-wing — What Other Writers Say about 

 its Food — Rough-Legged Hawk — An Error Corrected — 

 Subsists Mainly on Field Mice — Destroys Enemies of 

 the Orchard — Golden Eagle — The Golden Eagle as a 

 Pet — He Devoured Thomas Cats — Would Seize Grim- 

 alkin by Neck and Back — Food of the Golden Eagle- 

 Eagles Destroy Many Lambs— Adult Deer Attacked — 

 Bald Eagle— The Nest and Eggs— The Bald Eagle and 

 Osprey — Sometimes Fishes for Himself— Kills Pigs and 

 Lambs— How they Capture Geese — Will Sometimes At- 

 tack Mankind — Destroys Poultry and Game — Duck 

 Hawk — The Nest and Eggs — Kills Domestic Fowls — 

 Played Havoc With Terns— Kills Wild Fowls— They 

 Prey on Birds — Devours Many Beneficial Birds — Views 

 of Different Writers — Sparmw Hawk — Xfst. Kggs and 



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