. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . lor.They are about an inch and two fifths long by an inch and an eighth broad.The birds range from Florida to Hudsons Bay and breed throughout theentire region. They winter from Northern New Jersey southward. Theirchief food is insects, mice, and the smaller reptiles and they occasionally killsmall birds, but are on the whole of great benefit to the farmer andfruitgrower. The Cuban Sparrow Hawk has been recorded from the Florida Keys.It is a bird with the upper parts entirely dull slaty blue, except for some . dark mar
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. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . lor.They are about an inch and two fifths long by an inch and an eighth broad.The birds range from Florida to Hudsons Bay and breed throughout theentire region. They winter from Northern New Jersey southward. Theirchief food is insects, mice, and the smaller reptiles and they occasionally killsmall birds, but are on the whole of great benefit to the farmer andfruitgrower. The Cuban Sparrow Hawk has been recorded from the Florida Keys.It is a bird with the upper parts entirely dull slaty blue, except for some _ . ~ dark markinofs on the shoulders and back of the neck. Cuban Sparrow * , i i i •, Hawk. The lower rump, the feathers above the tail, and the tail Faico dominicensis Gmei. ^j.g bright reddish browu. The lower parts are white in some individuals and in others reddish brown. It is about the size of or a little smaller than the Sparrow Hawk. j^ijgrljn_ The Merlin of Europe is a bird about twelve inches Fako reguius Pall, loug, grayish blue above and tawny yellowish with streak-. SPARROW HAWK. 272 Bird Studies. ings of dusky below. The tail is like the back but barred with dusky or black.It has been recorded from Greenland. The Kestrel is also a European bird that has been recorded once fromMassachusetts, and so obtains a place in our fauna. It is a bird about four-teen inches long. The male has the upper parts, exceptKestrel. thg back and shoulders, leaden gray, which color also Falco tinnunculus Linn. • i i i i prevails on the tail. There is a black bar next to the ter-minal white one on the tail. The back and shoulders are reddish brown, orcinnamon, spotted with dusky. The forehead is buffy white. The underparts vary, from whitish to buff, and are streaked with dusky, on the breast, sides, and flanks. The female is reddish brown or cinnamon throughoutabove, including the tail, and barred or streaked with dusky. Below sheresembles the male in coloring. This is a Western species, appeari