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BIRD-LIFE. 
behoves us to exterminate it whenever we can. The 
Sparrowhawk calls for the most persistent persecution, 
especially as by its craftiness it so often baffles pursuit. 
This Hawk is best caught in a trap, baited with a 
Sparrow or other small bird. It is also sometimes 
captured in the clap-net, owing to its overwhelming 
greed in striking at the decoy-birds. It is easily shot in 
the woods when flying to roost; otherwise it is ever shy 
and cautious, and seems well aware that man is its 
bitterest enemy. 
