FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 



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

 2, mice; 10, inspects; and 5 were empty" (Fislier). 



The Meim.in {•I'lS.l. Fa/co re(/iilux} luul tlie Kkstkki. .I'lO.!. Fa/co ti/iiiun- 

 culii/i), both Uld- World spuck's, hiive t-iu'li hfun n'onrdcd onua from tliis side 

 of the Atluiitic, the Merlin from Greenland, the Kestrel from Mussuehusetta 

 (Cory, Auk, v, 1888, pp. 110, 20.');. 



360. Falco sparverius Lhtn. Amkhkan SrAmtow Hawk. Ad. s. 

 — Biiek rufous, more or less Imrred with bliiek ; tail rufous, a hlaek hand near 

 its end, the tip white ; head slaty blue, with (generally a rufous spot on tho 

 crown; winfaf-coverts slaty blue, primaries barred with white; a Ijlaek mark 

 before and behind the wldte ear-eoverts ; under parts varying; from cream- 

 butl' to oehraeeous-butf; belly and sides spotted witli blaek. At/. 9 .— Haek, 

 tail, and winf.'-eoverts rufous, barred with blaek ; head as in the nuile ; under 

 parts more or less hea%ily streaked with dark oehraeeous-butt". /in. — Closely 

 resemble the adults. L., luOo ; \V., T'^o; T., 4-^u; H. from N., •4i>. 



JidiKje. — Breeds from Florida to Hudson Kay, and winters I'rom New Jer- 

 sey southward. 



Washinjrton, common W. V., rare S. li. Sinj; Sing, rather rare P. K. 

 Cambridjj:e, rather common S. li., Feb. to Nov. 



A'(it, in a hole in a tree, fre(iucntly in a W()(xliu'cker\s deserted nest. 

 K(/(/s, three to seven, varyini; froiu creamy white to rufous, ".Generally finely 

 and evenly nuirked with shades of the ground color, 1'4U x M'J. 



An old stub or branchless trunk of a dead tree standing well out 

 in a field is the kind of perch the Si)arro\v Hawk most fre(pieidly 

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

 appearance of game below. Generally it is a grassh()[)per which falls 

 his victim. When he 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 

 his perch to devour it at leisure. 



The ^1 rrow Hawk's call is a rather high, quickly repeated kilh/- 

 kilhj-killy-liUly, which in some sections gives ii/ the name of " Killy 

 Hawk." 



" Of 320 stomachs examined, 1 contained a game bird ; 53, other 

 birds; 89, mice: 12, other mammals; 12, reptiles or batrachians; 215, 

 insects ; 29, spiders ; and 29 were empty " (Fisher). 



The Cuban Sparhow Hawk (861. Fulco .<ipiirferiniil(x) is of accidental oc- 

 currence in the Florida Keys. It iias two color phases; in one, tlie under 

 parts, including the under wing-coverts, are wlute; in the other, these parts 

 arc rufoua. 



368. Polybonu cheriway (-Ai'v.). ArnunoN's Cakacaua. Ail— 

 Face bare; crown, lower back, wings, and belly black; throat butty; nape, 

 int'srscapulars, and breast barred with blaek and butty ; tail white, barred 



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