. The hawks and owls of the United States in their relation to agriculture . oultry and otherbirds, insects, crawfish, and even oflfal or carrion. Mr. Vernon Bailey,writing from Marfa, Tex., in January, 1890, says: The crops andstomachs of seven contained hair and flesh of goats. A large numberof goats are kept near here, and the hawks feed on those that die. It is to be remarked that young Hawks are less particular as to thecharacter of their food, and they are more frequently found to be thedepredators of the poultry yards. The reason for this seems to be alack of skill in procuring a suffic
. The hawks and owls of the United States in their relation to agriculture . oultry and otherbirds, insects, crawfish, and even oflfal or carrion. Mr. Vernon Bailey,writing from Marfa, Tex., in January, 1890, says: The crops andstomachs of seven contained hair and flesh of goats. A large numberof goats are kept near here, and the hawks feed on those that die. It is to be remarked that young Hawks are less particular as to thecharacter of their food, and they are more frequently found to be thedepredators of the poultry yards. The reason for this seems to be alack of skill in procuring a sufficient quantity of the more usual winter a number of these immature birds frequent the crow roost in the Arlington National Cemetery, near the city ofWashington, and subsist partially on the dead and sickly crows. Onone occasion, while on the river marsh below the roost in company withMr. W. F. EobertSj the writer saw one of these birds stoop at a crow I No 3 Div, Ornithology1 Div, Ornitholo|y, r^:- - ■^ ull. Div, Ornithology Plate 7,. RED-TAILED HAWK JJuieo (OmelJ Buieo bo, bo, EED-TAILED HAWK. 49 which had just been shot. During the descent the crow made considerable commotion, which evidently attracted the Hawk, for with a swift-ness of iiight that would have done credit to the Duck Hawk it struckthe crow just as it reached the ground. In the warmer parts of theyear, the Eed-tail feeds quite extensively on snakes and frogs, and indi-viduals may be seen flying with snakes in their talons, or maybe startedfrom the marshes while watching for frogs. Audubon states that hehas seen it pounce on soft-shelled tortoises, but in each case the latterappeared to be successful in escaping to the water. At certain times,like the other Buteos, this Hawk seems to relish a diet of insects, ofwhich grasshoppers, crickets, and the larvae and imagos of the largerbeetles form a large proportion. Meadow mice seem to form the staple article
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