. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Y .1 >1. |p^s«» A SPARROWHAWK MAKING A TRY FOR A BLACKBIRD Although too small and slight for " regular " game, the European Sparrowhawk, which closely resembles our Sharp-shin (see color plate XVI), is uncommonly tierce and courageous, and makes spirited dashes at such quarry as starlings and blackbirds. It is a hedgerow hunter, depending for success upon the intrepidity of its onslaught and the pertinacity with which it foflows its victim. It will even run through thick cover after skulking Please note th
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Y .1 >1. |p^s«» A SPARROWHAWK MAKING A TRY FOR A BLACKBIRD Although too small and slight for " regular " game, the European Sparrowhawk, which closely resembles our Sharp-shin (see color plate XVI), is uncommonly tierce and courageous, and makes spirited dashes at such quarry as starlings and blackbirds. It is a hedgerow hunter, depending for success upon the intrepidity of its onslaught and the pertinacity with which it foflows its victim. It will even run through thick cover after skulking Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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