of the danger notes were explained, the 

 male I shot as he alighted, I had hi.ii 

 naoiinlcd and he -oow adorc« mv side- 



to he continue 1, 

 »•••» — : 



-A ord about .•jhootiug hawks, the amouut 



ot'good they doiu thisloealityin relatioi' 



to their food supply far outweighs the oe- 



cajiioiial fowl that they secMire. I could 



liavo sliot ei-ery female Red shouldered ^^<^- 



ILiwk whf^c uc^t I hare fouiid; ^i- h the 



f xceptiou ofone. that hjis ahvayg Jje^n 



exceedingly wary, probhaly made sohy.j »pj^^ T . g. . ^ 



a charge of .^hotdnririg the breefliuirsea- j " / 7 r ,, l- •t''^' 



W)ii. the lied lai s are more warr but a ..^,„^ 



long .-.hot can uTo^t alwavs be liad even - 



--- -t T , . • . OOLOGIST, 



at them. 1 have never shot but- one ^ tx - 



. , .,. - ,, , ,. u II 1.11^ TIjjg specie? exactly resembles a 



haukiii tlie breedmir ^'eason auil that * * • t.- 



, r, , r, '"''^ mmature Am. Bittern, except for i:> 



was a male Coopers falwav-; have a f.-e' it i » . ,, , 



r \ r // ^'«r^'^repIor. . It isabi'rd of silent 



r.iir of re.gret when I read that the writ- i„i,:,, ,„ t : . „^ /v : 



c - , . . 1 ''^^'^'i^i and 1^ not: often seen or litard 



er ot an article has shot anv of the 1 i* i- ? - r i i s> . . 



. ^1 nil, , jj |jjj|^,jj jjj the sloughs mo5Jt of the time 



hawks iu the breeding season, I Impe j and is seldom seen flviu- unless frei-ht 



the reader will pardof. my disgi-e^sairL j ened by. n«ir approclr" when it wi I 



only let the hawks live and tliey will | rise up and alight again irtrer living a 



arid to yowr ocAojlnl treasure-. ; ^hort'distance ahm^'the slouj^i. " 



Myse<-otidnest was found on May -aih j f (> n >: thi-ik t hat it breetls 



ve 



l.SSS in a white pine treo fi^y five it. up, I •iibuudantly in this locality, as I hav i 

 It was ensy of ascent and the ne«t i-oii-| never bt^eri able to tliid many nest.<. 

 tained five eg-js witli the embryo just j T!ie best luek I have bad. Aras.Tnne 4tj,^ 

 formed, one of these eg-zs is the best [ ^-^ . when 1 found a small colon v of them 

 marked of any Coopers egz in mv col- jbree'b'rig in a slough near here, I found 

 lection, haviuLT a brown blot. -h on it ! ^^^'*^ ^**^'^' '^ '.'^ •'* ^^rgs. and ^ of I eg^s 

 about equal to half an inch square with l^'*''-'- '^»« nests were mere platforms 

 other smaller ones. This nest also was I '^^ ^"^^J'-'^t fastcne'I in bunches of gra*s 

 the m<»st compactly built of anv that I 

 have found, bei g as ^ibstantial as a 

 Crows, thi-5 »iest 1 hail uotioep se al 

 ti:n>3 e i-Ii ?;• iith ; s 'as ) 1 »v''iil? I ) >ki ig 

 for Crows err, ail ha I alwavs stru- fcl ''"*^ '*°''-* *''^^ ^""^ re«j,ectively. dur- 

 the tree With a stirk witli no r-spoase. ;^?l^^"-_ 'f»»ose fmrid in -^8? were 

 but on this date the mile attracted m | the first ever fJmnd in this locaHty; 

 attention bv utteria- wiiat [ would ealSJ T^'^ *^?^ ^^ ^^'^^ ^V-^'i^ «^^ tin-ee to 

 the danger note, -lervously fly in- about T^^^/"; °°'"^^^- Tliey areof a light 

 and alightinij. presently the female ^l"^^'oT'*!"^"st the same a.* fl^dse of 

 launched from the uest, and. the eaufsei the Ve'lowbilledC'uc'kfjo, they also res- 



ah! reeds over watei- that was illMmr 

 two feet deep. . ' 



! 1 found oni^ set of itVe eggs durinif the 

 year I'^^S. aavltwipr sets, oric of three 



