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it. I am under the impresF,ion that the Goshawk is not able 

 to fly with the weight of the Ptarmigan in its claws. It is 

 a resident of the int'^'-lor and comes to the coast quite early 

 in spring." 



The Goshawk can fly readily with an adult Ruffed 

 Grouse or Pheasant in its grasp. Last November, one 

 of my friends when hunting grouse, saw a large bird 

 fly with great rapidity from a clump of shrubbery 

 where he had gone to look for a Pheasant which he 

 had a few minutes before flushed. He shot and killed 

 the bird, which proved to be an adult female Goshawk 

 and on going to pick it up he was surprised to find it 

 had in its claws a Pheasant. 



