. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ght. He is generally migratory inthe middle and northern states, arriving in Pennsylvania early in spring,and extending his migrations as far north as Hudsons Bay. After buildingsand rearing his young, he returns to the south early in November. Smallbirds and mice are his principal food. When the reed birds, grak «s, andred-winged black birds congregate in large flights, he is often obse:ved fol-lowing in their rear, picking up the weak, the wounded, or the stra
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ght. He is generally migratory inthe middle and northern states, arriving in Pennsylvania early in spring,and extending his migrations as far north as Hudsons Bay. After buildingsand rearing his young, he returns to the south early in November. Smallbirds and mice are his principal food. When the reed birds, grak «s, andred-winged black birds congregate in large flights, he is often obse:ved fol-lowing in their rear, picking up the weak, the wounded, or the stragglers;and frequently making a sudden and fatal sweep into the very midst of theirmultitudes. The flocks of robins and pigeons are honored with the sameattentions from this marauder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulatedby the movements of the great body, on whose unfortunate members hefattens. Sometimes, when shot at and not hurt, he will fly in circles over thesportsmans head, shrieking out with great violence, as if highly frequently flies low, skimming a little above the field. THE SWALLOW-TAILED HAWKS. Is a very elegant species, which inhabits the southern districts of the UnitedStates in summer. It is very abundant in South Carolina and Georgia, andstill more so in West Florida, and the extensive prairies of Ohio and Indiana ^F. colambarivs, Lin. 5S F. furcaius, Lin. 39 458 AVES—BUZZARD. They feed on locusts, and on a species of lizard which is very numerousin that part of the country — and are said also to devour small green flight of this hird is easy and graceful, with sometimes occasionalsweeps among the trees. THE COMMON BUZZAIlD,i
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