VOL. X.] HABITS OF SPARROW-HAWK. 3 



about covering that one well, and I have seen her stop 

 three or four times for this purpose. (Figs. 1 and 2.) 

 When she is satisfied with the way she is covering the 

 young she may not move for several minutes. On the 

 other hand she may, if the rain is very heavy, shake her 

 head now and then or look up as a leaf flutters down from 



Fig. 1. SPAKBOW-HAWK. LOOKING FOR THE YOUNGEST NESTLING 

 AT THE BEGINNIN& OF A STORM. 



(Just after the end of tlie brooding jjeriod). 



{Photographed by J. H. Owen.) 



the tree. The look in the eye varies continually and 

 has many ' expressions," such as alertness, fierceness, 

 Aveariness, sheer boredom and calm satisfaction among 

 others. Under these circumstances, too, the young keep 

 the same positions, without the least sign of movement, 

 for very long periods. If the hen wishes to get one more 

 under cover she hauls it in with the curved part of her 

 bill : in this act, although she uses very considerable 



