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FISH HAWK RETURXIXi. I'' 



satisfied his own appetite by eating part of it. Incidentally it may be remarked 

 that the Gardiner's Island birds secure most of their fish from the numerous 



fish traps which, during the sum- 

 mer, are set about the island. They 

 ; sit patiently on one of the poles to 



, which the net is attached until op- 



; portunity offers, when they jump 



down to the water for their prey, — a 

 far less interesting method of feed- 

 ing than the thrilling plunge from 

 the air. 



Until the present year I had not 

 seen the Fish Hawk feed its young; 

 when, after several hours' waiting, 

 the act was seen many times in two 

 dift"erent nests. It is explained by 

 the accompanying photograph in 

 which the female, after tearing small 

 l)ieces from a fish in the nest, offers 

 it to her }-oung, usually turning her 

 head on one side while the young 

 birds pick the food from her bill. 



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