A HAWK TO BE DESTROYED 



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and birds of all kinds are touched very lightly. This species 

 inhabits eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Canada 

 to the Gulf, and westward to the Plains. The Pacific coast 

 contains a variety known as the Red-Bellied Hawk, which is 

 quite as honest about poultry as the eastern species. 



SHAEP-SHINNED HAWK. 



The Sharp-Shinned Hawk^ is a swift flier, a keen hunter 

 and a great murderer of small birds. Like all the hawks, its 

 upper surface is dark and its lower surface light. Its tail is 

 long, and has three or four narrow, dark-colored bands across 

 it, far apart, with the widest band nearest to the end. The 

 wings, back, upper neck surface and upper tail are all bluish 



^ Ac-cip'i-ter vel'ox. Average length of male, 10.50 inches; female, 13 inches. 



