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deal of hair and hide, he gave him a wide berth as indeed 

 all the others soon learned to do. 



Although I fed him regularly he never became the 

 least bit tame and at my approach gave evidence of his 

 displeasure by a hiss and snap of the bill. After the 

 lapse of three months he suddenly disappeared and I nev- 

 er saw him again. •< 



In the latter part of last March while passing through 

 some timber a friend expressed a wish to see the nest of 

 a Red-shouldered Hawk . Fortunately I knew one in the 

 vicinity and took him to it. . 



As we neared the place a Great Horned Owl left the 

 nest and disappeared in the tamarracs. Upon climbing 

 I found it to contain two eggs which were thinly dotted 

 with black spots. 



^PYORNIS' EGGS. 

 (Christian at Work.) 



The largest birds 1 eggs in existence are found in the 

 island of Madagascar, belonging to an extinct species 

 known among the naturalists as the aepyornis, or the tall 

 bird. An egg of the sepyornis was offered to the Mu- 

 seum of Natural History in Central Park, a few years 

 ago, which had a holding capacity of two gallons, and 

 equaled in bulk one hundred and fifty hens' eggs. The 



