I,, S,,,-H.-\\ \\:\ 



-it' dutches that \\ere collected her 



eggs <>f th western ni^l,' niallrr ami paler 



than those of the common ni^lit liauk found in tin- 80 



A sparrou hawk cam.- dashing down the stream and llew 

 close I'Y it e\idently did not notice in.' standing In-hind a 



Crackles and red u in^.-d starl 

 movt of the time many of the^raekl, . in^ 



1 s.iu .1 leflMT i-i-ilpoli- ami trinl ID follow it t r l.ut 



imt .siicc.-vxftil. 



Thi- i,ivi-ils ill tin- Uriti.^li Islamls. ami i> coiiiimin *s 



far v,,utli as Vorksliin-. in Kn^laml, whnv I liav.- tV.-.|Uriitly 

 t'ou ml its ii.-st amli-^>. It al-o is \ITV roiinnoii aroiunl \'ork. 

 it 1-iiil'ls it-^ m-->t iu hawtl.oni |IM!^,.S ; 1 n.-v.-r foiiml a 

 containing inoi-c than ti\ On a talili- licfon- m<- 



t.-n m-sts ami c^s of tin- rcrlpol.- tVoin Kn^laml. '1'ht-i, 

 are made externally of <lrir<l grasses, mixed with moss, th.-y 

 are compact, m-at structures, and deep inside : they are lined in 

 .some cases \vith sln-.-pV wool, others are lined with hair ami 

 hfin, The ei^rv, do not vary much, and are easily n-co^ni/.ed 



liV ail experii-lll-ed eye. They a IV 1 >1 uisll -M re, -I I spotted chieHy 



around the larger end with reddish-l.rown, tin- markings 

 oftt'ii forming a /.one i-oiind the l>utt end of the egga Some 

 svintei-s, lar^je tlock.s of red p. through Ontario, accom- 



panied l.y pine and evening grosbeaks. During the winter of 

 1890-91 I lav i:tru r '- tlocks north of Toronto. At the same 



time i a Mock of over fifty evening groebeaki g on 



the ^nuiml under some pine trees; a few days later 1 olitaiiii'd 

 a tine jiair that \\ere shot in Toronto. L-it^-r on 1 jnii'i ha.sed a 

 pair of pine ^rosl,-uks that had leen shot in one of the prim-i 

 pal streets in Toronto, where they were feeding on the moiii:- 

 a.sh l-erries. A l<,y aKo lirou^ht me a handsome male 

 pine grosbeak lie had shot with a catapult. During this same 

 winter a numl-er of pine ^ ro .slieak.s were caught alive and 

 kept in cages. The following May a pair luiilt a nest in a 

 cage and laid four -^^s : I Kought two of the e;^s from Mr 



