288 HAWKS 



287. SPARROW HAWK. 

 Smaller, 10; cinnamon above, lighter 

 below; two oblique marks on side of head, 

 some bands above, spots below, subterminal 

 band on tail and wings, black; top of head, 

 upper wing coverts and band on secondaries, 

 ashy-blue; outer tail-feather, throat, cheek 



Fig-. 227 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 1-6. 



and tip of tail, white, fig. 226. Female, 

 lighter below, banded above and streaked 

 below with black. Eastern N. A. south to 

 Ga.; winters from Mass, southward. Nest, 

 in holes of trees, cavities in cliffs or houses; 

 eggs, 4-6, buff thickly spotted with cinna- 

 mon. Cry, a rather shrill rattle. Flight, 



