. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. t' i The fiitsliiiwk, oii(f (if our liiiiidsoincst l)ii'(1s of prey, hrccds priiicipallv lu irtli of tlu! Suited States, oceiirr 111"- iiKii'c Of less (•oiiiiiioiil\-, thoii' iiowlien* iilmiidaiitly, in suital)l(f localities fliroiif;iioiit tlie Hritish Doiiiiiiioii, from tlie sliorcs of the North Atlantic Ocean to the Ai'ctic and Uei'iii<;' Seas. Witliin the United States its lireeiHii"' fanye is confined to the extn ine northern l)order,
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. t' i The fiitsliiiwk, oii(f (if our liiiiidsoincst l)ii'(1s of prey, hrccds priiicipallv lu irtli of tlu! Suited States, oceiirr 111"- iiKii'c Of less (•oiiiiiioiil\-, thoii' iiowlien* iilmiidaiitly, in suital)l(f localities fliroiif;iioiit tlie Hritish Doiiiiiiioii, from tlie sliorcs of the North Atlantic Ocean to the Ai'ctic and Uei'iii<;' Seas. Witliin the United States its lireeiHii"' fanye is confined to the extn ine northern l)order, ItreeiUn^- sparingly l)nt rej^iilarly from central .Maine nortl;- ward, and prol)al)ly also in the northern [lortions of \'ermont, \ew Hampshire, and New York. In tlu^ l»ocky Mountain region it is said to Itreed as far south as Colorado. West of th(! Hticky Moinitains it occurs as a straji'j.^ler only, hut possibly breeds in limited nmidiers in the Hitter Hoot Mountains and the spurs thereof in Idaho. In i-astern Washinj;ton and Orej^'on it is replaced by the western rat'e, a much darker-colorc(l l)ird. A typical specimen of Asfiir iifricit- ))illi(.s has, however, been taken on the t-astern slopanie is a ibuiid; nit. while ill the fall and winter it mav often l>e seen in tlu^ fertile and cultivated vallexs ad noticei I. 1- icell ive t to tl lese. 111 scan li of illv mt of six of the liirds prey, aiKt is naturally much more reaihly lih seen a t tl lis time are tl e vouii year, which have lieeii left by the jiareiits to tli The Goshawk is the lioldest and bv far tl -J of tl le eir own resources. le mos t destructive of the North birds aiK th poultry American Haptores; infinitely more injurious to our ;.;ame yard as well, tluiii any other spei'ies, the lar;:'e (iyrfalcous not i'xce])ted. Xot- withstandiii};' its comparatively short winys, its Hiylit is powerful and swift; it is stroll"' and active in bodv, sli\- and k( eiisu lited. savaye and liloodtliirstv in disposit
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