. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . 343 nisus (Z.). Common and generally distributed resident, also regular immigrantfrom the north in autumn. Probably the first mention of the Sparrowhawk, as a countybird, is contained in Gravess History of Cleveland (1808),where it is enumerated in the list of resident birds. Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote :— Accipiter nisus.—Sparrowhawk—By no means uncommon. Next to the Kestrel this is the most abundant of theHawk tribe, being a generally distributed resident, breed-ing in almost every part
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . 343 nisus (Z.). Common and generally distributed resident, also regular immigrantfrom the north in autumn. Probably the first mention of the Sparrowhawk, as a countybird, is contained in Gravess History of Cleveland (1808),where it is enumerated in the list of resident birds. Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote :— Accipiter nisus.—Sparrowhawk—By no means uncommon. Next to the Kestrel this is the most abundant of theHawk tribe, being a generally distributed resident, breed-ing in almost every part of the county where there aresuitable woodlands. It deposits its eggs in a nest of its ownconstruction, contrary to the statements of some authorities,who aver that a deserted nest is usually selected ; this is veryrarely the case, and indeed when it happens is an exceptionto a very general rule. The nest made by this species maybe described as a rather flat structure of dead twigs, slightlyhollowed, the upper edge having generally a little down fromthe body of the bird adhe
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