. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . e its principal food; and ac-cording to Wilson, it follows often in the rear of the gregariousbirds, such as the Blackbirds and Reedbirds, as well as afterthe flitting flocks of Pigeons and Robins, picking up the strag-glers, the weak and unguarded, as its legitimate prey. Some-times, when shot at without effect, it will fly in circles aroundthe gunner and utter impatient shrieks, — probably in appre-hension for the safety of the mate, or to communicate a cryof alarm. The Pigeon Hawk is not a c
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . e its principal food; and ac-cording to Wilson, it follows often in the rear of the gregariousbirds, such as the Blackbirds and Reedbirds, as well as afterthe flitting flocks of Pigeons and Robins, picking up the strag-glers, the weak and unguarded, as its legitimate prey. Some-times, when shot at without effect, it will fly in circles aroundthe gunner and utter impatient shrieks, — probably in appre-hension for the safety of the mate, or to communicate a cryof alarm. The Pigeon Hawk is not a common bird in Massachusetts, thougha few pairs breed in the State ; and it has been found in summer inConnecticut, as well as in Iflinois and Ohio, though Mcllwraithconsiders it a migrant only in southern Ontario, It breeds spar-ingly in the northern portions of New England, the Maritime Prov-inces of Canada and north to the lower fur countries, and in winterranches to the Southern States. Note. — One example of the European Merlin {Faico reguhis)has been captured off the coast of AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. Falco sparverius. Char. Adult male : head bluish ash, with reddish patch on crown, andblack patch on sides and nape ; back rufous ; wings bluish and black inbars ; tail tawny, with black band, and tipped with white ; below, bufifish ortawny. Female : rufous and black, more streaked than the male; thetail tawny, with several blackish bars. Length lo to ii inches. Nest. Usually in cavities of trees, often in Woodpeckers holes, some-times in deserted nest of a Crow. Eggs. 5-7; bufiish, occasionally white, blotched with dull red andbrown; X i-i2. This beautiful and singularly marked bird appears to resideprincipally in the warmer parts of the United States. They areparticularly abundant in the winter throughout South Carolina,Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, whither they assemble fromthe remote interior of the Northern States, wandering in sum-mer as far as the Ro
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