212 Northern Observations of Inland Birds 



violence of a run of domestic fowls, having first slain 

 the rightful lord of the roost. It is a fact that wild cock 

 pheasants have been known to cultivate a taste for slaying 

 domestic male birds. 



Some years ago I accompanied a village youth to rob 

 the nest of a sparrow hawk. While he was climbing 

 the tree in which the nest was placed, one or other of 

 the birds stooped repeatedly within a few inches of 

 his head. The nest contained young, hatched some 

 days previously. 



