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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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ame. It isalso a consistent enemy of rufTed grouseand quail. This species often follows the lines offall migration frequented by the sharp-shin, but is less abundant; so that it iskilled by hunters along these flyways insmaller numbers. Coopers hawks may appropriate thelast years nests of crows or other hawks,or may build a new structure. In eithercase the nests are composed of coarse twigslined with finer material of the same kind,the whole frequently mixed with frag-ments of bark. The eggs range from three to five innumber, with the ground bluish white orgreenish white, sometimes plain, but moreoften spotted with brown. In the nestingseason the Coopers hawk is quite noisy,uttering loud, harsh notes that are rapidlyrepeated. The immature bird is streakedunderneath with dusty. The Coopers hawk nests from south-ern British Columbia, southern Quebecand Nova Scotia south through the UnitedStates into northern Mexico. In winterit is found south into Costa Rica. EAGLES, HAWKS, AND VULTURES
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) National Geographic Society SHARP-SIIINNED HAWKUpper; adult female Ap)iroximately one-seventh natural sizeCOOPERS HAWK^ Lower; adult ipale THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

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