THE CHICKEN THIEF 



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Father and Mother Red-tail soared high over 

 the fields in search of gophers the Cooper 

 Hawks kept to the cover of the woods. 



When all was quiet in the farm-yard and the 



Cooper Hawk would silently alight on some object which furnished a view 

 of the poultry yard. 



farmer and his family were within doors, 

 Cooper Hawk would silently alight on some 

 object which furnished a view of the poultry 

 yard. When a favorable opportunity offered 

 he would dash in pursuit of an unfortunate 

 chicken, and, seizing it, fly away so swiftly as 



