PALCO NISUS, (F(£mma.) 
FEMALE SPARROW HAWK. 
The Female Sparrow Hawk measures sixteen inches 
in length, and about thirty in breadth ; and weighs ten 
ounces. 
This is a boldef bird than the male; and during the 
breeding season will attack birds much larger than itself, 
that chance to approach its nest. It does not always form a 
nest for itself, but takes possession of one deserted by the 
Crow or Magpie; it lays four or five greenish white e^gs, 
elegantly marked with bright rufous blotches, of various 
shades. 
Its young are fed with young poultry, game, and pigeons? 
among which it is extremely destructive. 
