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by the male. We sat down in hopes that they would quiet 

 •down a little, but they remained very bold, screaming continu- 

 ally and alighting within thirty feet of us. We could see all 

 markings plainly and noted the smaller size of the male and his 

 weaker voice. Their cries resembled those of the Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk, but were much louder. Sometimes they seemed to say 

 * get out, get out, get out. ' My friend finally started up a tree 

 whose trunk overhung the nest, taking a short stout stick along 

 for defence, should the bird come too close. In spite of his 

 demonstration with this weapon the female came several times 

 within ten feet of his head. After photographing the young he 

 drew up a long pole and pried them out of the nest, while I 

 stood below to catch them and break their fall. One of them 

 twice caught my hand in his claws, drawing the blood, but we 

 got them home in a basket and shipped them to Mr. Thomas 

 H. Jackson of West Chester, who studied them until full grown, 

 and photographed them at various times. Eventually they 

 were disposed of to the New York Zoological Garden. 



" Under the tree we found many bones, which we examined 

 carefully. Almost all were those of the Red Squirrel, which is 

 very numerous in this region. There were also a few skulls 

 and bones of Chipmunks but no remains of larger animals. 

 Near by there are hundreds of acres of slashings and laurel 

 thickets, where Cottontails and varying Hares are common and 

 quite a number of Grouse occur, but there was no evidence of 

 the Goshawks having killed any of them." 



