4 IS Wbston, A s W*s Vortt Ooreiuia. [,i un- 



seen of the Sparrow Hawks. Inn they were not so obliging. During 

 the next two weeks occasionally one or two oi them came to the 

 old tree. Not infrequently until the last of September three of 

 them together were soon elsewhere. In the case oi some other 

 species it has boon noted that sometimes the brood was divided, 

 the father bird taking pan of them some distance from the place in 

 which the mother cared for the others. It remains for future 

 investigations to decide whether the Father Sparrow Hawks takos 

 the males under his guidance, and the mother Hawk the females; 

 whether the advocates oi the system oi segregation of sexes in 

 education can claim a praise-worthy precedent in the practices of 



the Sparrow Hawks. 



In the two months they remained in the neighborhood after 

 leaving our place the Hawks were soon most frequently about the 

 nearest farm yard to the northwest, about the county fair grounds, 

 anil on the public school grounds. At the last named place on 

 several occasions they were soon to perch on the brackets of the 

 cornice oi the schoolhouse. Twice the days were rainy, and the 

 birds may have returned for shelter to their accustomed roosting 

 pi a oos. 



ADDITIONAL NOTES PROM THE MOUNTAINS OY 

 WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, 



Bl FRANCIS M. WESTON, JR. 



During the first three weeks of September, L912, while staying 

 in the mountains of Transylvania County, N. C, 1 was able to 

 devote some of my time to the study of the bird life of the section. 

 The results of this study may bo of interest when taken in connec- 

 tion with the excellent papor published by Mossrs. S. C. Bruner 

 and A. 1.. Wild [Auk, XXIX July, 1912, pp. 368 377 



Tho greater part of my Hold work was done in a restricted locality 



