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Title: The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873- Jones, Lynds, b. 1865
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Columbus, The Wheaton publishing co.

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creamy-white, spotted and blotched with reddish brown or chocolate, or else cinnamon-browm sprinkled and dotted with heavier shades of the same color. Av. size, 1.62X 1.22 (41.2 X 30.9). General Range.—North America at large, south to the West Indies andnorthern South .\merica. Breeds chiefly north of the United States. Range in Ohio.—Not common winter visitor, or spring and fall migrantthroughout the state. Formerly bred in northern part of the state but no recentrecords. IF a careful scrutiny of all little hawks is maintained throughout theivinter and early spring, the search will be rewarded ni_iw and then by thesight of a bird whose movement is a little more rapid and dashing than that ofthe ubiquitous Sparrow Hawk. The wings seem to reach forward with astroke like that of a strong swimmer, and altogether there is an indefinableair of quality and power about the diminutive Pigeon Hawk, which does notpertain to his less spirited cousin. Not content with the humble quarry which
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AMKhTCAN SPARROAV HAWK-.; Lile-size THE AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. 391 usually satisfies the resident Falcon, the little winged terror makes havocamong the Blackbirds and smaller songsters. Himself not larger that a full-sized Pigeon, the Hawk sometimes pursues a Mourning Dove with relentlessfury, and easily overtakes this fleet bird, unless it seeks cover or the protectionof man. Now and then also one finds the Pigeon Hawk seated, for it is lesssuspicious than most, and it hails from northern wilds which do not know•the fear of man. At such times one is struck by the quaint, almost uniqueappearance of the tawny breast with its heavy umber streaks; and the glaucousbloom of the upper parts might have come from my ladys cheek, when shewent hawking centuries ago. In the hand the round white spots whichsprinkle the tawny feathers lining the wings make them seem still more likeobjects of curious mediseval art. No. 174. AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. A. (_). U. No. 360. Faico sparverius Linn. Synonym

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