A HAWK TO BE DESTROYED 



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and birds of all kinds are touched very lightly. This species 

 inhabits eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Canada 

 to the Gulf, and westward to the Plains. The Pacific coasl 

 contains a variety known as the Red-Bellied Hawk, which is 

 quite as honest about poultry as the eastern species. 



SHARP SHINNED HAWK. 



The Sharp-Shinned Hawk 1 isaswift flier, a keen hunter 

 and a great murderer of small birds. Like all the hawks, its 

 upper surface is dark and its lower surface light. Its tail is 

 long, and has three or four narrow, dark-colored band- across 

 it, far apart, with the widest band oearesi to the end. The 

 wings, back, upper neck surface and upper tail are all bluish 



1 Ac-ci [>'i-t( r vel'ox. Average length <>t' male, 10.50 inches; female, 13 inches. 



