the 
AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. 
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„ mouse, went up to it, .md found it to l)fi almost 
with lice, and greatly emaciated ! Here u as not 
>ti» of taste, but sound and j)riKlent reason- 
If I cany this to my nest, thouglit he, it u ill fill 
ijlfi vermin, and hardly he worth eating. 
I *'6 blue jays have a particuhir antipathy to this bird, 
hot it by following and imitating its 
bitr exactly, as to deceive even thosi' well nctpiainted 
ton ' In return for all this abuse, the hawk 
pi ttuRs himself with, now and then, feasting on the 
of Ills persecutors, who are, therefore, in 
imP’ttual dread of him ; and yet, through some sti-auge 
Ij^wuatiou^ or from fear that, if they lose sight of him, 
attack them uuau ares, the sparrow hawk no 
p, **®'' appears than the alarm is given, and the whole 
pr ol.iays follow. . , , j 
hv "*■ Itmale of this species is eleven inches long, and 
’lv'’“I.v-three from tip to tip of the e.xjianded wings, 
jj. ^ jtiui log's uro yoUovi' j bill blue, ti]>t with black; 
li^'^ the eye, j^rcenish blue; iris, deep dusky; 
asU ; crown, rufous; seven sj>ots of black 
''iiite jrroixud surround the head ; u holc upper 
hav, transversely streaked with black ; 
iiin and secondary quills, black, spotted on their 
y*mes with brownish wliite ; whole lower parts 
l,(.j '*"'ish white, marked with longitudinal streaks of 
V],j ?> exeept the chin, vent, and femoral feathers, 
* are while ; claws, black. 
Sho,,® ®ale of this siiecies (which is an inch and a halt 
*'Wh shoulder of the wings blue, and also the 
'lifi;. **“‘''ks on the head, hut is, in other respects, vary 
in marked from the female) will he described 
li(s next article, with such other particulars as may 
‘'“nghf jjf communicating 
