. The birds of New England and adjacent states : containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . is 1. II n\lv, Hi/iiotriorchis columbnriiis: Grav. .. 2. II;n\k. Tiniuinciiliis span-erius. Vieillot. ., 3. Shurp-^hinncd Hawk, ArripiurJiiscus. Bonaparte. „ 4. lieil-shnuldcrea Hawk, Bitteo iiufntiis. Janlinp. ., 5. IJroad-winged Hawk, Buieo Pei»uiili-anlrus. l!on!ip:irte. THE SPAEROW HAWK. 19 fir-trees, twelve feet from the ground; eggs thr
. The birds of New England and adjacent states : containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . is 1. II n\lv, Hi/iiotriorchis columbnriiis: Grav. .. 2. II;n\k. Tiniuinciiliis span-erius. Vieillot. ., 3. Shurp-^hinncd Hawk, ArripiurJiiscus. Bonaparte. „ 4. lieil-shnuldcrea Hawk, Bitteo iiufntiis. Janlinp. ., 5. IJroad-winged Hawk, Buieo Pei»uiili-anlrus. l!on!ip:irte. THE SPAEROW HAWK. 19 fir-trees, twelve feet from the ground; eggs three, dullyellowish-brown, with dark reddish-brown blotches. A single egg before me, kindly loaned for descriptionsand figure by George A. Boardman of Milltown, Me., is ofthe above color. It is admirably figured, fig. 1, plate I.,in this volume. It is a trifle more pointed than the eggsof rapacious birds usually are, and measures inch inlength, and inch at its greatest breadth. TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS— Vieilht. The Sparrow Hawk. Falco sparverius, Linnseus. Syst. Nat., I. 128 (1766). Falco dominicenses, Gm. Syst. Nat., I. 285 (1788). Falco gracilis, cinnamoninus, and isabellinus. Sw. Cab. Cy., p. 281 (1838). Descriptio
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