THE "HEN HAWK" AND HOW 

 IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED 



HE term "hen hawk" 

 is a very loose one and 

 includes several hawks, 

 but more particularly it refers to 

 the red-tailed and the red-shoul- 

 dered hawks. The red-tailed hawk 

 is distinguished from the red- 

 shouldered by having the upper 

 surface of the tail a rusty red, or 

 rufous, with a black band near its 

 end and a white tip, while the tail 

 of the red-shouldered hawk is very 

 dark brown or black with five 

 white cross bars; also, the shoulder 

 of the latter is a rich rufous. 



The red-tailed hawk is a very magnificent specimen 

 of its family. It is one of our most common hawks, 

 doing little harm usually, for it feeds principally upon 



small mammals, reptiles, and insects. I cannot agree 



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