H 



mill.- \\.-n- rain). in- ..nil , lake in 



the Muftkoka i when, one evening at da ..-m 



nail white animal g<> into one ,,|' the t. nt- \\ ln-i the 

 pr-'\ H.' picked up a ^Min ami tin-d at 



-in I it ( l- a vkunk ami tin- stench from it | 



!il.earal>le they lia<l to take up their tcnte and remo 



oking utensils and pn>\ isions 



\\. ! M taint. -H they lui.l t> throw them away, and m-\t ini.rii- 

 inj had tin- n.ar.-st -t<nv ami ^. t a Iri-sh stjj|>ly. 



:i. \ M..iintain I tlushi-.l a Mnall hawk >ut .,t" a tir 



ami. ^lam-in*; up aimn^ the ln-ancln-s. 1 l..-h. 1-1 it- m-M ..t' 



>tii-k- 1 wa* si. ii uj> tin- {}<. ami was ildi^htfl t<> timl tin- 



ii'-st (oiitaiiiinif t"'ir liamls.mn- i-^s of tin- shai-p-shinm-.l hawk 



Tht-y w.-i-i- tV.-sh, aii-1 I at once M.-w tln-ii, I l-rt-akilge, 



i-isk of 1'ivaka^r afti-r tln-y an- Mown. Tin- 



ir i> pal.- l.luish-whit.-. an<l th-y an- h.-avily 



l'lou-i;.-.| with la !<; spots of rich clu-stnut-Krown, ami Mnallrr 



lavrml. tin- Motrh.-s conirr.-^at.' t-.wanls th.- 



1-1 of th. The <-u-^ ,,f this liinl an- not unlik.- 



tli.- KiuojM-an BparrOW-hawk in colour. I'tit ar- less in 



'hitch. -s of four ami two of five. 



Th.- c^s \ary consili-ral>ly -\.-ii from tin- ^an,.- m^t. I. tit all 



iin^ly haii'lsonif. 



< >m- clutch of four .-^^ were taken near St. John 

 I'.niiisu ick. .luin- l-t Issti. l.y .1. \\'. I'.ank-. Th. 

 a sprue. nty-ei^ht feet from t he ground, ami n>mp, 



of fir ami spruce, ami lim-l with IIIOKS. '|'\\ o of tin- 

 heavily lilotched with rich chestnut -l-rown. the colour 

 forming a /.one arouml the lar^.-i- end of the vgg*. the oth.-r 



;M.ttl.-d all over with rtisty-l.rown. 



Anoth.-r <-lutch of four handsome e^s wen- taken 

 Tauntoii. Mass.. July Hth. ISMI The m-st of -ticks \\as luiilt 

 thirty f.-.-t from the ground, clo-.,- to tin- tree ti'iink an-: 

 Ha liou^li. The larger half of t h.-se eggs are liea\ ily llot<-hed 

 i dark chestnut, which conceals the Around colour uroiiml 

 the l.utt ends. Set i' 1 "'' I '"! /. Thea\.-ra^e - 



i i. This hawk i- a lat.- breeder -eidom lm\ inr f^L 



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