. Bird-lore . 1. White-throated Sparrow, Adult 2. White-throated Sparrow, Immat 3. Black-chinned Sparrow, Adult 4. Black-chinned Sparrow, Immature 5. White-crowned Sparrow. Immature 6. White-crowned Sparrow, Adult jiirti-iLore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Socicties Vol. XIV March—April, 1912 No. 2 The Duck Hawk on the Pahsades By WILLIAM COGSWELL CLARKE. New York City IT may interest many in Manhattan to know that occasionally a PeregrineFalcon, or Duck Hawk, comes to town for the Pigeons that have theirhomes on certain buildi
. Bird-lore . 1. White-throated Sparrow, Adult 2. White-throated Sparrow, Immat 3. Black-chinned Sparrow, Adult 4. Black-chinned Sparrow, Immature 5. White-crowned Sparrow. Immature 6. White-crowned Sparrow, Adult jiirti-iLore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Socicties Vol. XIV March—April, 1912 No. 2 The Duck Hawk on the Pahsades By WILLIAM COGSWELL CLARKE. New York City IT may interest many in Manhattan to know that occasionally a PeregrineFalcon, or Duck Hawk, comes to town for the Pigeons that have theirhomes on certain buildings in the city. In late December, a Falcon flew over as I crossed Fifth Avenue at Fifty-sixth Street. The sun of the early forenoon shone directly on the bird, flyingrapidly just above the housetops, upward and away. As the bird passed, therich dark plumage, barred in part with brownish yellow, was clearly in viewagainst the blue of the winters sky; the rapidly beating wings and the tail,widespread for the
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