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was absent from the nest only five minutes ^^•llen she 

 returned with another bird ready dressed. 



The folloA^'ing are the dates and duration of my 

 watches and the number of times the young Hawks 

 were fed : — 



July 8th. — 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Female brought a bird at 8.15 

 and another at 8.50, which she broke up and fed to 

 the young. 



July 9th. — 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Female brought a bird at 6.50 

 but left in alarm, returning at 7.40 when she broke 

 vip the carcase. 



July llth. — 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. No visit by adults, although 

 they called occasionally on an adjacent tree. 



July IQth. — 6 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. Female brought a bird 

 at 7.30 and another at 8.15. She broke both up, 

 and the young Hawks tore at the carcases left. 4 p.m. 

 to 5 p.m. Female brought a carcase at 4.10 but left, 

 taking it with her. She returned and broke it up 

 at 4.50. 



July nth. — 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Female arrived with carcase 

 at 3.30. The male followed her on to the nest almost 

 immediately, but did not stay. Female came again 

 at 4.40 with a fresh carcase and remamed five minutes 

 breakuig it up. On this day X thoiightlessly caused 

 the loss of one of the young Hawks. When I came 

 down the tree I found a plucked Sparrow that had 

 dropped from the nest, and climbed up to return it 

 to the nest. Although the young Hawks were used 

 to seeing me go up to the hut, they screamed with 

 alarm when I climbed up their branch, and one of 

 them flew off and landed in a thicket near by, the 

 last I saw of it. 



July \8th. — 6 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. Female arrived at 8 a.m. 

 but left in alarm, returned in five minutes, commenced 

 to break up carcase and again left. The young Hawks 

 tore at the carcase for some time. Female returned 

 at 9 a.m. with a bird of the size of a Mistle-Thrush 

 and stayed fifteen minutes breaking it up. 



July \9th. — 3.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sixteen birds brought 

 durmg day. No sign of any food having been brought 

 previous to my arrival. Female arrived with Thrush ( '? ) 

 at 5 a.m., stayed till 5.10. Male flew through tree 

 at 5.5. Female came at 5.15 evidentlv with male's 



