Nature neighbors, embracing birds, plants, animals, minerals, in natural colors by color photography, containing articles by Gerald Alan Abbott, Dr. Albert Schneider, William Kerr Higley...and other (14564260699)

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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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ntained poultry orgame birds; 51, other birds; 278, mice; 181, other mammals;47, insects. (Fisher.) AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED AND RED-TAILED HAWKS The hawks of our illustration are natives of NorthAmerica ranging from Mexico northward. The AmericanRough-legged Hawk is a geographical variety of a rough-legged form that is found in northern Europe and Asia.It is also known by the names of Black Rough-legged andBlack Hawk. This hawk is one of the largest and most attractive ofall the species of North America. In spite of its large size and apparent strength, it doesnot exhibit the spirit that is so characteristic of the falcons.It preys almost entirely on field mice and other rodents,frogs, and, probably, at times and in certain localities, uponinsects, especially the grasshoppers. It is said that they willfeed upon lizards, snakes, and toads. The eggs of this species vary from two to five and areusually somewhat blotched or irregularly marked with choc-olate brown on a dull white background
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385 VOL NG RED-TAILED HAWK HOLDIN(; A QUAIL. (.Buteo borealis.i AMERICAN ROUGHLEGGFD HAWK. (Arcbibuteo lagopus sanctijohannis.) About 4 Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1901, BVA. W. MUMFOno. CHICAGO