Nothing can shake my conviction firm;
There’s no such thing as the early worm.”
—Oliver Herford.
MARSH HAWK
“I can’t tell exactly which it was,” said Tommy Todd, when he was through laughing; “but I know which it wasn’t—it wasn’t the Short-eared Owl, for he doesn’t get up to breakfast at night, and so if he had looked for the early worm he would have found him.”
THREE USEFUL HAWKS
The Marsh Hawk, Harrier, Blue Hawk.
Length: 17-19 inches; female averaging two inches longer.
Male: Above, bluish gray; below, white mottled with brown; wings brownish, long, and pointed; tail long; upper tail-coverts white.