Sentence:  About the tenth of July in the same Summer a pair of sparrow-hawks bred in an old crow's nest on a low beech in the same <WSD>hanger</WSD>; and as their brood, which was numerous, began to grow up, became so daring and ravenous, that they were a terror to all the dames in the village that had chickens or ducklings under their care. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A steep, wooded slope.