LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Sparrow-Hawk : Looking for the youngest nestling 

 at the begnining of a storm. {Photograjihed by 

 J. H. Owen) '. 3 



Sparrow-Hawk : The Hen looking for the youngest 

 nestling at the commencement of a thunderstorm. 

 {Photographed by J. H. Owen) . . . . . . 4 



Sparrow-Hawk : In the midst of a thunderstorm. 



(Photograjyhed by C. J. Johnson) . . . . . . 5 



Sparrow-Hawk : During a terrific thunderstorm. 



{Photographed by J. H. Owen) . . . . . . 



Sparrow-Hawk : Gathering the young under the 

 wing at the beginning of a thunderstorm. {Photo- 

 graphed by J. H. Owen) . . . . . . . . 7 



Sparrow-Hawk : Waiting patiently for the storm 



to pass. {Photographed by J. H. Owen) . . . . 8 



Sparrow-Hawk : '' As incubation advances the hen 

 sheds down about the nest." {Photographed by 

 A. P. Adams) 27 



Sparrow-Hawk : ''I have more than once seen a hen 

 take up a gizzard and try to split it while the young 

 waited expectantly." {Photographed by J. H. 

 Owen) ' . . '. . . . 29 



Sparrow-Hawk : " The hen almost invariably takes 

 the food with the foot." {Photographed by J. H. 

 Owen) ... . . 30 



Sparrow-Hawk : " She tears a morsel off and holds 

 it to the youngster's bill." {Photographed by 

 J. H. Owen) 31 



Sparro vv-Hawk : A pause in a meal. {Photographed 



by J. H, Owen) 33 



