SPARROW HAWK 



A HUMBLE MEMBER OF A ROYAL FAMILY 



{Figs. 7, 8) 



HAVE never known any one who 

 made friends with a wild Sparrow 

 Hawk. The bird will not come to 

 us and he will not permit us to go 

 to him. Still, if one has a young 

 Sparrow Hawk, which has not yet 

 learned to fear man, it can be taught to trust him 

 and, in a hawk-like way, apparently to like him. At 

 least, it recognizes its master and when given its 

 freedom, will come to a whistled call. 



We must, however, remember that the Sparrow 

 Hawk is a Falcon and hence belongs to the most 

 distinguished family of Hawks. We have heard of 

 falconry and how the Peregrine Falcon (which in 

 North America is called Duck Hawk) was trained 

 to hunt for the nobles of England, who alone were 

 permitted to use this splendid, fearless bird of fleet 

 wing and powerful foot. The Sparrow Hawk, 

 therefore, while a very humble relative of the dash- 



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