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three instances. An American Goshawk was noticed to-day, the 

 first I have seen on the island for two or more years. This species 

 seldom visits this island. 



Herbert L,. Spinney. 

 Seguin. Nov. 4, 1906. 



The Hawk Which Escapeu. — No doubt most of your readers 

 read more or less about the Hawk that got away from the Milo tax- 

 idermist, in the daily newspapers, for the same was spread about even 

 to Boston dailies. Well, the facts are these : A rather large species 

 of Hawk was sent on to me by express, alive, and of course boxed, 

 so to kill it at once out of its misery, I loosed a stave off the box, 

 and reached out to get a thick mitten I have for that purpose, not 

 thinking that the Hawk, which appeared dead, or nearly so, would 

 have taken the advantage so promptly, but he did, and with an 

 electric rush darted through the opening, which was very narrow. 

 Then he darted about the room, making things fly; as the room is 

 lofty, he had some space for his antics. He then seemed to back a 

 little and took a fierce bang clean through the clear glass windows, 

 smashing a square 30 x 15 to smithereens, and he dropped down 

 outside, apparently dead. I seized a thick stick, quite four feet 

 long, rushed downstairs, and got up to his birdship just as he had 

 risen about four feet from the ground. I aimed a blow, a two- 

 handed one, at him, knocking him quite down to the ground with a 

 thud. I could have bet a large sum that that Hawk was done for, 

 but up he gets, scoops away along the ground like a swallow, and 

 gets clean away as neatly and easily as though nothing had hap- 

 pened to him. If that bird didn't deserve to live, tell me so. I 

 watched as far as I could see him, which was a long way ; he never 

 lit in sight, and took his troubles clean off, leaving me with my 

 troubles to mend the window. I was not sure of the species, but 

 it was a red-bellied Hawk, as I could see. 



William Cooper. 

 Milo, Nov. 5, 1906. 



