FIELD BIRDS 



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Quickly the bird drops, seizes him in its claws and 

 bears him to his perch, which serves as a table as 

 well as a look-out. 



Sparrow Hawk 

 "Hovers on rapidly beating wings" 



The Sparrow Hawk is not common In the north- 

 ern states during the winter, but increases in num- 

 bers during its northward migrations in March. It 

 is always a bird of the open fields, and rarely visits 

 the woods. 



The Falcons, unlike most Hawks, build, as a rule. 



