2o6 Bird - Lore 



presumabl}', the Hawk would have looked around at its leisure, and picked up 

 the Sparrow as simply as I did. 



Hawks, if they can get within a certain distance of their victims without 

 being seen, can catch those birds that live near the ground and are not naturally 

 endowed with great powers of flight. These birds either sit still, paralyzed with 

 fear, or are driven so hard by the Hawk that they soon try to hide, and thus 

 fall easy victims. 



I have seen a Barn Swallow chase and tease a Cooper's Hawk. Both birds acted 

 as if there were a mutual understanding. The Swallow^ knew that it was a better 

 flier and better dodger than the Hawk, and the latter "acknowledged the corn." 

 On the other hand, it is well known that the Peregrine Falcon, or Duck Hawk, 

 can overtake and catch a Mallard Duck in open flight — a bird of great speed, 

 but with practically no dodging ability. 



In the case of the Cooper's Hawk, the Sparrow, with wing outstretched and 

 head in the grass, helplessly attempted to hide. \Vlien the Marsh Hawk caught 

 the Chippie, the Hawk must have been seen by the Chippie's companions, 

 because they flew away. It w^ould seem, therefore, that the bird which was caught 

 either did not see the Hawk until picked up, or else crouched down when the 

 Hawk appeared and awaited its fate. 



Two Warbler Photographs 



By ALBERT MORGAN. W. Hartford. Conn. 

 With photographs by the author 



IN a locality near the Rhode Island coast, w'here the cedars were beautiful 

 with pendent Usnea moss, it was my great pleasure to make the acquaintance 

 of a Warbler, in its haunts, which, until June, 1908, was only familiar to 

 me as a migrant. 



The Parula Warbler, with his busy song of wheezy quality, was in evidence 

 everywhere, scouring the blackljcrry and huckleberry bushes in search of larvae. 

 The male bird hunted for the patient female sitting upon the eggs or brooding 

 the very young, or both male and female went in quest of food for the hungry 

 family with ever-opening mouths. 



Only those who more fully appreciate the bright flitting gems of nature know 

 with what a thrill of genuine pleasure a new nest is added to the list of those 

 already found. Two years before, in August, an old deserted nest was noted, 

 and a great desire to visit the locality in the nesting season came over me, and 

 my hope was realized in the year igo8. 



We were enjoying the exhilarations of camp-life, and occasionally a Parula 

 would alight upon the tent rope, where we had the best view of it. The accom- 

 panying picture but poorly depicts the picturesqucness of the nesting-site pointed 

 out to me by the {)r()j)erty-()wner, who was a retired business man, and alive to 



