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[edit]DescriptionImage from page 317 of "Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;" (1900) (14784781082).jpg |
Identifier: introductiontozo00dave Title: Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools; Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- Subjects: Zoology Publisher: New York, Macmillan company London, Macmillian and co., ltd. Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library
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Text Appearing After Image: FKJ. lifSo.—Sharp-shinned hawk (Ac-cipiter velox). FIG. 1^84. —Screech owl (Meya-scoj>s asio), birds and mammals, which they capture alive in theirclaws or beaks; a few live on carrion. They occur in allparts of the globe. The bald eagle, used as a symbol ofthe Republic, is the commonest of our eagles. Among THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND ITS ALLIES 299 our hawks, the sparrow-hawk, which is only about thesize of the robin, is one of our commonest; others arethe sharp-shinned hawk, which kills birds almost ex-clusively, and is especially destructive to poultry,1 andCoopers hawk, which is also destructive to birds. Thesetwo hawks have practically no redeeming qualities, ex-cept the fact that they prey upon the English sparrow.The vultures are represented in our fauna by theturkey-buzzard, which, like other members of the family,feeds on carrion. The European and African vultureseven exceed the turkey-buzzard in size. The condoris the largest of the American Raptores. It preys evenupon l
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