A SUMMER WITH THE RED-TAILS 29 



woods which he guards jealously, and all 

 friends in fur or feathers find it a veritable 

 city of refuge. However, many a tragedy has 

 resulted when creatures which are regarded 





Father Red-tail watched silently from the topmost branch of a dead tree. 



with suspicion have strayed beyond the pro- 

 tected bounds, and occasionally the wrathful 

 owners of missing chickens penetrate this area 

 to avenge the missing chickens on the first sus- 

 picious character to come within their reach. 



