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5. When a hawk ahghts what sort of a place does it choose? How 

 does it act ? 



6. Do hawks seize their prey with their claws or their beaks? What 

 sort of feet and claws has the hawk? Describe the beak? What do you 

 think this shaped beak is meant for? 



7. Why do people shoot hawks? Why is it a sign of ignorance in 

 people to wish to shoot all hawks? 



8. What is the food of the red-shouldered hawk as shown by the 

 bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture or by the Audubon 

 leaflets? 



, 9. Where does the hawk place its nest? Of what does it build its 

 nest? 



10. Compare the food and the nesting habits of the red-shouldered 

 and red-tailed hawks ? 



11. How devoted are the hawks to their mates and their young? 

 Does a hawk, losing its mate, live alone ever after? 



12. Describe the colors of the hen hawks and describe how you can 

 tell the two species apart by the colors and markings of the tail. 



13. What is the cry of the hawk? How can you tell the two species 

 apart by this cry? Does the hawk give its cry only when on the wing? 



14. Why should an eagle be considered so noble a bird and the hawk 

 be so scorned? What difference is there between them in habits? 



Supplementary reading — Audubon Educational Leaflets Nos. 8, 9 and 

 10; "The Sparrow Hawk," Familiar Wild Animals, Lottridge; "Eyesas 

 Cameras," also pp. ioi-io2The Bird Book, Eckstorm; pp. 317-319, 326, 

 Birds that Hunt and are Hunted; "Cloud Wings, The Eagle," in Wilder- 

 ness Ways; "The Sky King and His Family," "Hannah Lomond's 

 Bairn," in Neighbors with Wings and Fins, American Birds, Finley. 



Reference books — The Bird, Beebe, pp. 389, 376, 208-211; Hawks and 

 Owls from the Standpoint of the Farmer, Fisher, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, 



Yet, ere the noon, as brass the heaven turns. 



The cruel sun smites with unerring aim. 

 The sight and touch of all things blinds and burns. 



And hare, hot hills seem shimmering into flame! 



On outspread wings a hawk, far poised on high, 

 Quick swooping screams, and then is heard no more: 



The strident shrilling of a locust nigh 



Breaks forth, and dies in silence as before. 



— "Summer Drought," by J. P. Irvine. 



