so plenty about him. Rarely, I think, does , 



he attempt to strike a bird of any kind in the 



daytime. His long training at the North, Snotoy Visitors 



where the days are several months long, has 



adapted his eyes to seeing perfectly, both in 



sunshine and in darkness ; and with us he 



spends the greater part of each day hunting 



along the beaches. The birds at such times 



are never molested. He seems to know that 



he is not good at dodging ; that they are all 



quicker than he, and are not to be caught 



napping. And the birds, even the little 



birds, have no fear of him in the sunshine ; 



though they shiver themselves to sleep when 



they think of him at night. 



I have seen the snowbirds twittering con- 

 tentedly near him. Once I saw him fly out 

 to sea in the midst of a score of gulls, which 

 paid no attention to him. At another time 

 I saw him fly over a large flock of wild 

 ducks that were preening themselves in the 

 grass. He kept straight on ; and the ducks 

 merely stopped their toilet for an instant, 

 and turned up- one eye so as to see him 

 better. Had it been dusk, the whole flock 



