. Our northern and eastern birds [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces, together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ; with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 32 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOOY. and til,irc; under fail white; bill dark bluish horn-color; cere and tarsi yellow; iris reddish-vollow. Tot
. Our northern and eastern birds [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces, together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs ; with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 32 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOOY. and til,irc; under fail white; bill dark bluish horn-color; cere and tarsi yellow; iris reddish-vollow. Total length of t'oniiile, twelvn to fourteen inches; winff, seven and a half to eight; tail, six and a half to seven inches. Male, ten'to eleven inches; wing, six to six and a liaii'; tail, live to five and a half inches. Tliis well-known little species is a general and common fiummcr inhal)itant of all the New-England States: it makes its appearance with the arrival of the earliest flight of the smaller migratory birds in spring, and remains until the latter part of autumn ; and, in the southern portions of these States, even thronghout the winter The habits of the uird are so well described by Audubon, that I cannot do better than include tlie description here. He says: — ""Wliile in search of prey, the Sharp-shinned Hawk passes over tlie country, now iit a moderate height, now close over the land, in so swift a manner, tliat, although your eye has marked it, you feel surprised that tlie very next moment it has dashed off, and is fiir away. In fact, it is usually seen when least expected, and almost always but for a few moments, unless when it has procured some prey, and is engaged in feeding upon it. The kind of vacillation or wavering with which it moves through the air appears perfectly adapted to its wants ; for it undoubtedly enables this little warrior to watch and to see at a single quick glance of its Keen eyes every object, whether to the right or to the le
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