the smallest American hawk 



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grappling-hooks. The wings are long and acutely pointed, 

 going well beyond the end of the tail. The whole neck and 

 lower surface of the bird are while, hut the hack, wings and 

 upper surface of the tail are dark-colored, as also is the upper 



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half of the head. The plumage i> compact, smooth and oily, 

 as befits a diving bird. 



In summer this bird is at home on the sea-coasi from Alaska 

 and Hudson Bay to the (lull' of Mexico, and along a few rivers, 

 but in winter it migrates t<> southern Florida, the West In- 

 dies and northern South America. 



