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pected, and traps were set, and sentinels 
posted at different times. As this daring 
robbery was committed in mid-day, and ge- 
nerally about the same time, the gentleman, 
who was a good shot, took his turn of duty 
to watch, and at last detected the thief, just 
as he had seized the tenth duck, and. shot 
him as he was flying over the opposite wall. 
It proved to be a Sparrow Hawk. 
The female of this species has been train- 
ed for hawking with success, though its 
flght is not so rapid as the longer-winged 
hawks. 
Buffon asserts, that the Sparrow Hawk is 
found scattered in the ancient continent from 
Sweden to the Cape of Good Hope, and 
that it is probably more numerous than we 
suppose; for besides those that remain the 
whole year in our climate, it appears at 
certain seasons to migrate in immense bodies 
to other countries. In proof of which as- 
sertion, in Wood's edition of Bufibn's Na- 
tural History, may be found an extract from 
Belon (much too long for our limits), giving 
not only an account of their actual migra- 
tion, but also pointing out the time when 
