. Diseases and enemies of poultry . d hen(Fig. 2), were sent to Prof. Baird as Hawk heads. The Fish Hawk, fiom which Fig. 1 has been repro-duced, was shot along the Brandy wine Creek. Tlieman wlio oflered it for bounty explained how muchdamage it had done to his chickens, and how, foa sev-eral days, it had lingered near his dwelling watchingfor and killing chickens and ducks. On examinationthis Fish Hav/ks stomach showed it contained onlythe remains of fish. Tlie Coopers Hawk, in downydress, (Fig. 2), came from Crawford county where, itis claimed, the eggs of this and other species of Hawksand

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. Diseases and enemies of poultry . d hen(Fig. 2), were sent to Prof. Baird as Hawk heads. The Fish Hawk, fiom which Fig. 1 has been repro-duced, was shot along the Brandy wine Creek. Tlieman wlio oflered it for bounty explained how muchdamage it had done to his chickens, and how, foa sev-eral days, it had lingered near his dwelling watchingfor and killing chickens and ducks. On examinationthis Fish Hav/ks stomach showed it contained onlythe remains of fish. Tlie Coopers Hawk, in downydress, (Fig. 2), came from Crawford county where, itis claimed, the eggs of this and other species of Hawksand Owls were collected and hatched out under hensor with incubators. The illustrations of the adults, male and female,Afarsh Hawks, are those of a beneficial species whichwore killed in considerable numbers by scalp heads of the Coopers Hawks (adult and young orimmature) show the species in different Hawk one of the worst feathered pests the]t(iullry laiser has to contend with. > m:d n> z Im zo ocrr. M

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