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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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uth Carolina. Charles Bona-parte first introduced it into our Fauna, on the authority of a specimenprocured in East Florida by Titian Peale, Esq., of Philadelphia, who itseems had some difficulty in obtaining it. On the 8th of February, 1S34, Ireceived one of these birds alive from Dr. Ravenel, of Charleston, who hadkept it in his yard for eight days previously, without being able to induce itto take any food. The beauty of its large eyes struck me at once, and Iimmediately made a drawing of the bird, which was the first I had ever seenalive. It proved to be a male, and was in beautiful plumage. Dr. Raveneltold me that it walked about his yard with tolerable ease, although one of itswings had been injured. On the 23d of the same month I received anotherfine specimen, a female, from Francis Lee, Esq., who had procured it onhis plantation, forty miles west of Charleston, and with it the following note.When first observed, it was perched on a tree in an erect posture. I saw IT? 4. PI 16.
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Sj/f/cA- -<;//< /(/(/■(/<-(/ t /(?// <?//(/J Drawn from Nature by -1 3.Auduboii F.F wen Hula*** BLACK-SHOULDERED HAWK. 71 at once that it was one of the birds which you had desired me to procure foryou, and went to the house for my gun. On returning I saw the Hawk veryhigh in the air, sailing beautifully over a large wet meadow, where manyCommon Snipes were feeding. It would now and then poise itself for awhile, in the manner of our Little Sparrow Hawk, and suddenly closing itswings plunge towards its prey with great velocity, making a rumbling noiseas it passed through the air. Now and then, when about half way, it suddenlychecked its descent, recommenced hovering, and at last marking its prey,rushed upon it and secured it. Its cries, on being wounded, so much resem-bled those of the Mississippi Kite, that I thought, as I was going to pick itup, that I had only got one of that species. It was so shy that I was obligedto get on horseback before I could approach it within

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