Photo hy Howard TT. Cleaves 

 A "SEA-SW'ALLOW," OR COMMON TKRN, MAKING A QUICK TURN: JIUSKEGET ISLE, 



.MASS. 



bit in his attack he was instantly spurreil 

 on by a hooting which to him apparently 

 seemed to come from the owl, but which 

 reallv came from within the umljrclla 

 blind near at hand. 



During the siege, which lasted for 

 manv minutes, eight photographs were 

 secured and the dummy was the recipient 

 of 19 head and body blows. 



The poor owl was a sight when taken 

 from the perch and cannot even be re- 

 ])aired for future use. Great tufts of ex- 

 celsior protrude from his back and sides, 

 one eve hangs an inch out of its socket 

 b\' a mere shred of ci")tlon, and the back 

 (if his head is entirely torn away, e.\|)os- 

 ing wire framework and areas of stuffing. 

 ]lut he has fiumished more than a dollar's 

 worth of fun (see page 9) ! 



.\N .\R'riFICI.\E GOLDEISII USED EOR l',.\rr 



Perhaps the most carefully thought-out 

 and "highly organized" bird photographic 

 experiment on record (riccording to the 

 assurances of friends) is that which the 

 writer brought to a successful conclusion 

 near his home on Sl.'iti'U Tslrind, Xew 



York, on the 12th of April of the present 

 year, when a fish-hawk, or osprey, was 

 induced to plunge for an artificial gold- 

 fish. The details are presented herewith 

 to the readers of the X.\tion.\l Geo- 

 graphic ]\I.\g.\zine. 



First of all it might be well to have an 

 understanding of the movements and 

 feeding habits of the osprey, for these 

 have a direct bearing on the case. This 

 large hawk, having a wing-spread of 

 about 5j/< feet and being one of the com- 

 monest birds of prey in the coastal re- 

 gion, spends the winter in Florida, on the 

 Gulf coast and southward, ^^•orking up 

 the Atlantic seaboard at the approach of 

 open weather and reaching the vicinity 

 of New York about the last week in 

 March or the first week in April — very 

 shortly after tlie ice has left our pionds, 

 lakes, and rivers. 



At tliis time the menhaden, or "moss 

 bmiker," the chief food of the fish-hawk 

 and a fish which is familiar to all who 

 ha\e lived or \isited near the ocean, has 

 not yet migrated up the coast, and flound- 

 ers and other salt-water fishes are not vet 



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