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Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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rines in slightly varying forms are found throughout thegreater part of the world. The Duck Hawk, the American form, breedslocally throughout most of the United States, and migrates as far southas Chile. When migrating, it is sometimes not uncommon along ourcoasts, since it travels with the flocks of wild fowl on which it preys, butwhen nesting it is generally rare. In the vicinity of New York City Duck Hawks are known to oestonly on the Palisades of the Hudson, where they are unfortunately mo-lested by egg-collectors, and among the hills and mountains to thenorthward. It is believed that, in the spring of 1908, three pairs werenesting on the Palisade-. In this region Duck Hawkfi begin to lay in March. They build nonest, but lay their e<r<£-. -a- may be observed, on the bare rock. The material for the present group was collected by K IV Potteron Hook Mountain. Dear Xyaek. X. Y.. but it is here shown againM a background representing the Palisades, northward from theat Englewood.
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bfio 4. AUGUST BIRD-LIFE OF THE HACKENSACK MEADOWS THE thousands of acres of marshland bordering the HackensackRiver and Newark Bay, so familiar to travelers over the rail-ways which pass through them, abound in interest to thenaturalist. In their lower portion, colonies of Florida Gallinules and Pied-billedGrebes have been found nesting; but it is in August that birds arc mostabundant in the marshes, and they then possess the strongest attrac-tion for the ornithologist. At that season the wild rice begins to ripen.bringing to the marsh a large, though ever decreasing, number of Bobo-links and Sora Rails that delight to feed upon it. The Bobolink is then in its streaked, sparrow-like plumage, andis known under the name Reedbird. The Sora, in spite of its small size and sluggish flight, is ranked as agame bird, but at the present rate of decrease it will pay the penalty ofthis distinction by practical extermination in this region. Red-wingedBlackbirds also come to feed on the rice. Dur

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