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VOL. I 



GARLAND, ME., APR, 189). 



NO. ir 



KESTiNG cr CCCPEH'S hawe. 



HV 1". U. Ti:OWHl:il)OK. FAKMINCTON, SIAJii* 



As the habits kikI pluniau^e, as als^ 

 tlif iu'8ts and c<rgs. of nearly all cuir 

 )'iril», has beou laid bolbie us on an 

 *'laburate scale by nu'U of.'-c'icnre, about 

 all tljMt leu.ains lor we lesser lights, is 

 ;:ive ouv intividual exporieuc-es, and 

 they certainly have the merit of ori«:in- 



elinibthat tree, the nest was 75 feet from 

 the ground, as ascertained afterward by 

 measurement, and the tree was"nly «i 

 little over a foot in diameter with a few 

 snuill d<ad limbs ff)r at least sixty fet^t 

 my f»"iend who was forty years old find 

 rather s'iffjointed, gave no si«:n that he 

 would be delighted to erawhip there, and 

 J had an idea that I would like to stay <n 

 the ground and have someone else ;diow 

 me liow to do it, but if I an anted my fiist 



ality, therefore, my Dologieal fi iend^ set of Cooper eg.is I didn t see but ' 

 do not expect to gain mueh v. isdom i should have to j ut on my elimd Migircms 



from this article. And now let us come 

 to order and elect Mis/'ooper Hawk as 

 chairman during tne balaiice ( f thi- 

 article, in the mean time we Avili let ve 

 Mr. Cooper to forage after his occasion- 

 al barn yard fbuKandjml the quiet far- 

 mer's family into estate ofexcilement* 

 My first Cooper's nest I did not find 

 myself, it came about in this way, on 

 the 14th of Aj)ril 1.S87. I hud secured r 

 Set of three of the Red shouldered ILiuk 

 in this piece of wood, and on this date 

 May iUh a friend aiul myself were'look- 

 ing after their sccoikI set, when comitiL' 

 to a tall pine tree ui'h a bro.:d scrawlev 

 lo king nest in it, my friend struck \}a- 

 tr«;e a smalt blow v,\t\\ a club >\ 1 en in- 

 stantly otf darted Mrs. Cooper with 

 rapid beating of her ,vings. From her 

 rajiid flight and smaller size we at once 

 <<.ncluded it could be nothing else but a 

 Cooper's Host . Now who was gr)inglo 



and hustle so putting a ball of strong 

 cord in my pocket and buckling a 

 snudl lunoli basket at my back 

 I began the ascent and between fear 

 an<l hugginh the tree for dear life I 

 reaclK'd the nest and looking in saw 

 what? well. I saw four i^^y^?^ Now 

 would the female lay five eggs? ve-y 

 likely she would, was I going up that 

 tree a.gain for the other egg? AVell ( 

 guess not, sotliey were carefully lower- 

 ed to lac ground. A very disappointing 

 thought struck me at this time, antl 

 that was, that no proviv^ion had been 

 made for lowering me safely to the 

 gTcund. I could have stayed up there 

 I sn))pose but I wanted to find out if 

 thosi»eggy ?ere fresh? so I had an object 

 to come down, which I did thoroughly 

 exhausted. The eggs were perfectly 

 fresh, and of the usual greenish white 

 sluide. Right here I v>ijt)t t(; sav a 



