American Ornithology Or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States

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American Ornithology Or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States
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96 SWALLOW-TAILED HAWK.
very extremity of the branches, where both become the prey of the Hawk. * The Swallow-tailed Hawk retires to the south in October, at which season, Mr. Bartram informs me, they are seen in Flo- rida, at a vast height in the air, sailing about with great steadi- ness; and continue to be seen thus, passing to their winter quar- ters, for several days. They usually feed from their claws as t
...hey fly along. Their flight is easy and graceful, with some- times occasional sweeps among the trees, the long feathers of their tail spread out, and each extremity of it used, alternately, to lower, elevate, or otherwise direct their course. I have ne- ver yet met with their nests.
These birds are particularly attached to the extensive prai- ries of the western countries, where their favourite snakes, li- zards, grasshoppers and locusts, are in abundance. They are sometimes, though rarely, seen in Pennsylvania and New Jer- sey, and that only in long and very warm summers.


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