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may set apart a convenient camp inter whicl 
guns or dogs are never allowed; the game 
quickly get to know their sanctuary, and a gooc 
head is kept up on the estate.—Diamond Field: 
Advertiser. 
GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF THE 
DUCK HAWK. 
The duck hawk on the Palisades and hire, 
life in the Hackensack meadows form twe 
of the most attractive of the habitat groups of 
American birds which have just been thrown 
open to public View in the American Museum 
of Natural Plistory, says the Times. 
Frank M. Chapman, curator of ornithology 
of the museum, throws much light on the habits: 
of the duck hawk, now becoming exceedingly 
rare along the Palisades opposite New York: 
City. 
“The duck hawk,” says he, “is the American 
representative of the Old World peregrine fal¬ 
con, from which it differs but slightly in color 
and not at all in general habits. By falconers 
the peregrine was esteemed only second to the 
arctic gyrfalcons, which only the royal family 
could own, while no one of lower rank than an, 
Earl was permitted to use a peregrine. 
“As a hunter the peregrine or duck hawk is 
probably not excelled by any other bird of 
prey. Its speed enables it to overhaul with 
ease the swiftest flying ducks. It is fearless in 
pursuit of its prey, and will dash down and 
capture a wounded bird within reach of the 
sportsman’s arm, and will repeat the attempt | 
even if fired at and missed. 
“In the vicinity of New York city the duck 
hawk is known to nest only on the Palisades 
of the Hudson, where they are unfortunately 
molested by egg collectors, and among the hills 
and mountains to the northward. It is believed 
that in the spring of 1908 three pairs were nest¬ 
ing on the Palisades. 
“In this region duck hawks begin to lay in 
March. They build no nest, but lay their eggs 
on the bare rock.” 
The material for the group was collected by 
R. B. Potter on Hook Mountain, near Nyack, 
N. Y., but it is shown against a background | 
representing the Palisades northward from the 
Gorge at Englewood. 
Mr. Chapman says that the thousands of acres 
of marsh land bordering the Hackensack River 
and Newark Bay abound in interest to the 
naturalist. 
_ “In the lower portion of these marshes,” con¬ 
tinues Mr. Chapman, “colonies of Florida 
gallinules and pied-billed grebes have recently 
been found nesting, but it is in August that 
birds are most abundant in the marshes, ana 
they then possess the strongest attraction for 
the ornithologist. At this season the wild rice 
begins to ripen, bringing to the marsh a large 
though ever-decreasing number of bobolinks 
and sora rail. 
“The bobolink is now in its streaked, spar¬ 
row-like plumage, and under the name reedbird 
is ranked in New Jersey as a game bird, and is 
killed in thousands by men who would not raise 
a finger against the black and buff songster of 
our June meadows. 
“The sora, in spite of its small size and slug¬ 
gish flight, may, with greater reason, be ranked 
as a game bird, but at the present rate of de¬ 
crease it will pay the penalty of this distinction 
by practical extermination in this region. Red¬ 
winged blackbirds also come to feed on the rice. 
“In August the marshes are as remarkable 
for their flowers as for their birds. The great 
rose mallow is doubtless the most beautiful as 
it is also one of the most abundant species, 
acres sometimes being pink with the bell-shaped 
flowers. There are also brilliant cardinal flow¬ 
ers, sagitaria, pickerel weed, jewel flowers, all 
of which are shown in the group, and many 
other species.” 
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All the fish laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adt. 
