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Identifier: cu31924090257605 (find matches)
Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. illus Kennard, Frederic Hedge, 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D. C., National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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i VV?: ■ (r) Howard TT. Clcives OSrEEV, on. FISH HAWK, RISING FROM A STRIKli When a fish is sighted, this bird checks himself directly over the quarry on wings thatbeat horizontalh-, then down he goes at reckless speed, with wings folded and talons wideopen. There is a great splash as the hawk strikes the water and seizes the fish by the back.In tlie picture above the osprey had been deceived by an artificial gold fish anchored liy anl8-ounce stone, and it shows him shooting upward after the decoy had slipped from his grasp. 67
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68 MARSH HAWK (Circus hudsonius) Length, about 19 inches. The asliy upperparts, white rump, and long tail of the adultmale sufficiently distinguish this hawk; whilethe fuscous upper parts and buff under partsmuch streaked with brown distinguish the fe-male and young. Range: Breeds through much of Canada,south to the middle United States; winters inthe United States, especially in the South. Though not exclusively a marsh frequenter,as its name might seem to imply, this hawkprefers open countrj, and its favorite huntinggrounds are meadow and marsh, in which itnests on the ground. It flies rather low, thebetter to see and drop suddenly upon the luck-less meadow mice—its favorite food. Unfor-tunately small liirds form part of its fare, andthere are localities, like Cape Cod and MarthasVineyard, in Massachusetts, where this hawkhas earned a bad reputation as a destroyer ofpoultry and game. However, over much thelarger part of the vast territory it inhal)its themarsh hawk is a rodent eat

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