. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . )er*s mice—had 14. RED-TAILEH HAWKS.{After Biolvyicul Hdn-eii.) 210 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. been eatcii by two hundred and seventy-t%dit of the birds ;while other small mammals—as the gray, red, and rock squir-rels, the gray, striped, and pouched gophers, chipmunks ofvarious species, the musk, cotton, kangaroo, and common rats,three kinds of rabbits, as well as shrews and skunks—werefound in one hundred and thirty-one stomachs. Frogs, toads,lizards, and snakes had been eaten by thirt
. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . )er*s mice—had 14. RED-TAILEH HAWKS.{After Biolvyicul Hdn-eii.) 210 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. been eatcii by two hundred and seventy-t%dit of the birds ;while other small mammals—as the gray, red, and rock squir-rels, the gray, striped, and pouched gophers, chipmunks ofvarious species, the musk, cotton, kangaroo, and common rats,three kinds of rabbits, as well as shrews and skunks—werefound in one hundred and thirty-one stomachs. Frogs, toads,lizards, and snakes had been eaten by thirty-seven of thehawks; insects, chiefly grasshoppers, by forty-seven ; craw-fish by eight; centipedes by one ; and otfal by thirteen : whileeighty-nine of the stomachs were empty. That this hawk on the whole does considerably more goodthan harm there is no doubt, but the balance in its favor isnot so great that it is worth while to extend to it too muchprotection in thickly settled conniiunilies. There are three species of hawks wliose bill of fare consistsprincipally of birds and poultry. They are the sharp-shinn
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