58 BIRDS OF P. Ii. ISLAND.

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The Hawks are never abundant, but" a fair number visit us every season, sailing in their majestic and buoyant flight over the shadowed summer fields, or dashing in cruel foray into the trembling flocks of lesser birds. When lengthen» ing April days bring us soft blue skies bowing over the scarcely broken fields of snow, two or three individuals of Cooper’s Hawk will often be seen in company wheeling leisurely round in the sunny upper air. They may be distinguished by their medium size and the light color of their under parts. Soon afterwards the graceful little Sparrow Hawk (Fa/to aplzn't’z'z'us) comes in pairs sweeping through the open groves and wild lands. This little Hawk nests in the hollow of a tree. The Harrier is a blue-colored Hawk that scours our fields w1nter and summer. It flies low, hav- inf,r a wavering, uncertain gait as it pursues in- ferior game on the ground. The Goshawk (Art/{r atrz'mpz’l/m) is a large, dark-colored hawk that stays with us winter and summer. Its home is in the dark recesses of the forest and it is the

terror of the winter woods. Often do we see