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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by George Shiras, 3d 

 A DUCK HAWK FINDS HIS PREY A WOODEN DECOY: SANDUSKY BAY, OHIO 



The hunting method usually pursued by these birds is to rise in spirals until directly 

 above the victim, and then to drop swiftly upon it. However, they are fast flyers and are 

 capable of catching other birds in direct chase. 



Photograph by C. A. Proctor and B. B. Leavitt 

 LUNCH TIME IN A DUCK-HAWK NEST NEAR HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 



The fifteen-day-old youngsters have been expressing their appetites vocally and their 

 complaints are at last producing results. The menu consisted entirely of birds, and, when the 

 victim was small, only wing and tail feathers were wasted. A small bird's claw may be seen 

 projecting from the bill of one of the chicks. 



