PALI ON8, ii \\N K-. i:\(ii.Ks. i .ju 



"Of 56 stomachs examined, 2 contained poultry; 41, small birds; 

 2, mice; 10, insects; and 5 wore empty " (Fisher). 



Tin- MKKI.IN (.' .,julu> and the KKHTKJL (SS9.1. t'aleo //<- 



ftt/iw), both Old World |>ciea, b*v . r. .-..r.l.-.l ii<e from thU side 



of the Atlunti. . the Merlin from Greenland. tin- K. >tr. 1 from M attach uetu 

 , pp. 11". - 



380. Falco pajrverins /.inn. AIIKICK AN SI-AKIMW HAWK. Ad. S. 



rul"U-, morv or le.ss hurri'd with black ; lull rut'u., a black baiul near 



. tin- tip lnt.-; head fluty dim-, with iMu-rulU u rufoiu K|K>t on the 



crown; w in^-oovcrbt *luty blut-, j>riin;irii's Larrol witli white; a black mark 



ami Miitul tlu-whitf i-ur-o.v ( -rt ; uiuli-r |>urtt var\ in^r tn-m crt-ain- 



biirt "to n-hrm-i-ous-butf; hvlly uml >i<lri >]ott-d with l>lm-k. .!</. 9 .Back, 



tail, and wiinr - -'-vt -rt.-* rufoii^, l.-.irrtil with black ; lu-ud in thi; mule; under 



part niop- T l. lu-u\il\ >tr'iikfl with ilurk 00hlMMMbtfC Jm. Cloeely 



rmemble tlie u.lulbi. I...!- I'.. tr<>ru N., -45. 



liniujf. Kix-fd.s t'n>m Flori-la t< Hul>"ii Hay. uml winter* from New Jer- 

 sey south wan I 



iii^'t"!!. i-iiiimioii \V. V., rurc S. K. Sing Sing, rather rare I'. K. 

 ('ambridtfi-, rutlu-r <->iniiion S. K., Feb. t" 



'. in u hole in u tree, frequently in u \ViMKl|K-eker' ilejrtd nest. 

 Effff*> three to ^-v.n. \aryinu from ereiimy white t> rufous, generally finely 

 nly mnrkc-1 with >li:cle.s of the vroun.l eolor, 1'40 x 1'1 



An "lil stul> <>r Iminchless trunk of a <lca<l tree standing well out 

 in a field is the kind, of j*-rrh the Sparrow Hawk most frequently 

 chooses. From this lookout, like a Loggerhead Shrike, he awaits the 

 appearance of game In-low. Generally it is a grasshopper which falls 

 his victim. When In- detects one, he flies directly over it and poises 

 on hovering wings until the right opportunity offers, when he drops 

 lightly downward, clutches his prey in his talons and then returns to 

 h to devour it at leisure. 



The Sparmw Hawk's call is a rather high, quickly repeated killy- 

 killy-killy-killy, which in some sections gives it the name of " Killy 

 Hawk." 



"Of 320 stom '.ined. 1 contained a game t>inl ; ~i'.\, other 



birds; SM. i 'her mammals; 1'J, reptile- c.r batrachians; 215, 



:f empty " i Fi>her). 



The CfBAN SPARROW HAWK OWL f\tlco tparverioiiit*) \ of accidental oc- 

 currence in the Florida ha two coW phain-n; in one, the tinder 



part*, including t! are white; in the other, theae parta 



an- rufouo. 



382. Polyboru cheriway ?!/.>. At i.rn-.NV CARACAHA. Ad. 

 Face bare; < : .. win k r>. and U-lly olaek ; thn>ut bully ; nap?, 



iatoneapulan, and breant harm! with black and butfy ; tail white, barred 



