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Title: Falconry, the sport of kings
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978. Eagle, king of birds, and his kin Fowler, Frederick Hall. Week-ends with the prairie falcon
Subjects: Falconry
Publisher: Washington, National Geographic Society

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© Nation d r,.,,^i iphii bu. ili\ MEXICAN GOSHAWKUpper; adult (right), immature (left) Thcbt. li^uicb aiL ippuxiinatLK cin. s^,\ mth natural sizeMEXICAN BLACK HAWKLower ; adulty perched and flying X EAGLES, HAWKS, AND VULTURES 83 MEXICAN GOSHAWK (Asturina plagiata plagiata) Of graceful, rapid flight, this handsomespecies frequents groves of cottonwoodsand other trees along streams in the openvalleys, or in the foothills of the moun-tains. It is migrant within our limits,appearing rather late in spring and mov-ing south early in the fall. The birds areusually tame, as in the wild country theyinhabit there is little to molest them. LITTLS ECONOMIC EFFECT CAN BEATTRIBUTED TO THIS HAWK Lizards, abundant in its haunts, makeup much of its food, and it feeds exten-sively on large insects, including grass-hoppers and large beetles, which are saidto be seized expertly on the wing. At needthis bird can fly with a dash and speedwhich approximate those of a falcon. Iteats various mice and rats,

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