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amined all contained the remains of meadow mice. He further 

 states that ht- never found even a frog in its stomach or saw 

 it attack anything larger than a rat or meadow mouse. Dr. 

 Mlchaner (in U. S. Agr. Rept., 1863, p. 291), says of the Rough- 

 leg: ''The number of meadow mice which this species destroys 

 ought, one wculd think, to insure it the protection of every 

 husbandman." Dr. J. C. Merrill states that the stomachs of 

 those killed at Fort Klamath, Oregon, usually contained field 

 mice. (Auk. Vol. V, p. 145.) Mr. A. Hall, writing of thi.>^ 

 hawk 171 Nebraska, says; "This species is very abundant in 

 wintfu-. and subsists entirely upon mice, frogs and small 

 rodents. It seldom, if ever, preys upon birds." (Forest and 

 Stream, Vol. XX, May 10, 1883, p. 284.' ) (Dr. A. K. Fishers 

 Report.) 



