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pearing into the woods. Six days later it was found dead, 
having, as was afterward ascertained, been mistaken for a 
wild hawk and killed with a cane. 
On the 18th of June, 1892, the writer, through the kind- 
ness of friends, procured three young Red-shouldered Hawks, 
which had been taken from a nest in the northern part of 
Wayne County, Ohio. The nest was difficult of access, and 
the birds were obtained by pushing them from the nest with 
a long pole. This was a tedious operation, for the birds 
very strongly objected to such an unceremonious proceed- 
ing. The cries of the young attracted the attention of the 
parent Hawks, but as is usually the case they offered no 
resistance, merely flying about overhead or perching upon 
the neighboring trees, giving utterance to their displeasure in 
frequent screams. The young birds when first brought 
home were temporarily provided for in a small box in the 
woodshed, but finding these quarters too cramped, they 
were removed to an unused poultry house, and there placed 
in an empty dry-goods case, the front of which was vertically 
barred with slats. A single perch was nailed lengthwise 
about the center of the box, and on this the birds subse- 
quently spent the greater portion of their time. In lieu of 
anything better the floor of this extemporized cage was 
covered with a quantity of excelsior packing. Owing to a 
fractured wing caused by the fall from the nest, it became 
necessary on the third day of their confinement to kill one 
of the birds. Although about four weeks old when taken 
from the nest they refused to eat anything during the first 
day and a half, except what was forced into their mouths, 
By a little perseverance, however, they were soon induced to 
take small pieces of raw beef from the fingers or from the 
end of a small stick. The wing-broken bird was the first to 
thus accept food. They very soon learned to pick up the 
pieces of meat from the floor of the cage, and at the same 
time refused to be fed with the stick, to all appearances be- 
coming afraid of it. When they grew older, nothing seemed to 
