. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. Mu' U\;i. f 1 I- ^ 240 LIFK IIISTOKIKS OF NOUTII AMliUICAN I'.IUDH. jiiiy of our Hawks. 'Tamo' is an appropriate y|)itlH't. A pair spent many ilays ill re1mil(tiii;>- an old nest of tiie common Crow lo feet up in a small tree, clircctly over ii roail in a wood and in plain si^ilit, yet the liirds eviiieed uo more couceni altout the passers-hy than a liantam hen would do. It is popularly known as the l'raii'i<- Hawk here, and so it , liut i
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. Mu' U\;i. f 1 I- ^ 240 LIFK IIISTOKIKS OF NOUTII AMliUICAN I'.IUDH. jiiiy of our Hawks. 'Tamo' is an appropriate y|)itlH't. A pair spent many ilays ill re1mil(tiii;>- an old nest of tiie common Crow lo feet up in a small tree, clircctly over ii roail in a wood and in plain si^ilit, yet the liirds eviiieed uo more couceni altout the passers-hy than a liantam hen would do. It is popularly known as the l'raii'i<- Hawk here, and so it , liut it often nests in the lionlerinjf ; Aceordinji' to Mr. W. H. ('ol)l), in New Mexico they occasionally nest in canons or the sides ot' (dill's under an overliaiir. Klliott Cones, was placed a;iainst the face of a perpemlicnlar earth Itank |(KI feet hiffh, on a sli^^ht projection of the j;round about half way up. It (•ontained two ('^.'^^s in which iiiculiation was far advanced. Nests have also heen found in live oak s, s\camores, and as])ens Lieutenant iienson found Swainson's Hawk living in harmony with •tiler liirds and writes me tiiaf after the Arkansas Kiu;,d(irds l»ef th former. In one case a pair of these Flycatchers liad jilaced their nest direcllv under and hut H or !t inciies from that of the Hawk. iir of White-riinined Shrikes nested also directiv under one of these Hawk's nests. On anothei asioii he foiiml rather a straiu fe occu|taut in a St of this «liecies, and it is (piestioiialile if, in this instance at least, tiie usually f^ood- uatiired Swainson's Hawk would not have resented tin- intrnsioii. 'I'll vi-itor was a i^ l-si/,e(l rattlesnake which had manajfed to climli up the lo l»usli\ tree and coiled itself comfortaith in the nest. IS Milt one lirood is raised in a .season If the lirst .set is taken tliev wil fret|Ueiitly lay a .second one consistiii^i' of one, seldom two f^'/s, and use the same nest a-rain as a rule. Inciiiiatiou lasts alioiit
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