THE SPARROWHAWK. 



This small yet bold and handsome Hawk is seldom 

 found in any save well- wooded districts — districts which 

 abound with the small birds that constitute his food, 

 rich, broad, well cultivated lands, occasionally studded 

 with woods. He will also frequent the fir woods on the 

 borders of the moors, and many a tiny Gold Crest and 

 Willow Warbler fall victims to his rapacity. He also 

 daily sallies forth and hunts the lanes, hedgerows, and 

 coppices, taking a Bunting here, a mouse there, an un- 

 lucky Skylark or a pert little Sparrow — he is no respecter 

 of persons ; all are the same to him. Sent for the 

 purpose of keeping the small birds in bounds, he per- 

 forms his task equally and well. 



The Sparrowhawk hovers in the air just like the 



