The Hawkey e 0. and O. 



TrochilidcB: This faniilv is represented by the Ruby-throated 

 a nd the Anna's Hummingbird, common throughout the spring 

 and summer, but nests hard to obtain on account of the high and 

 precarious places in which they build ; feed mostly on the honey 

 from the flowers, but sometimes catch insects. 



Ci/pselidce: Chimney Swift, common resident. 



Capri iiiulgirfce: Chuck-will's-widow, common in spring and 

 summer, eggs deposited in a slight depression in the ground, buf 

 are hard to find, being so nearly the color of the leaves that 

 snrrotwid them; Night Hawk, or Bull Bat, as it is ealled here, is 

 verv Common during the spring and summer months, departing 

 about the first of October. They lay two eggs on the bare 

 ground in a corn or cotton field or sometimes in the pine land 

 the same color but smaller than those of the preceding species. 

 The two birds have often been confounded, although there is not 

 the slightest resemblance when seen together. The Chuck-will's- 

 widow has been mistaken by some of our local oologists for the 

 Whip-poor-will, but the latter bird is seldom, if ever, seen below 

 the North Carolina boundary. 



THE RED-TAILED HAWK AS A PET. 



BY FRED .TONES. 



A few years ago a friend of mind had a novel pet in the shape 

 of a Red-tailed Hawk. Joe had been out of the nest only a few 

 days when he was captured by a farmer and sold to my friend. 



Joe never became quite reconciled to a life of captivity, but he 

 knew his friends and could be handled and carried about by them. 

 It was dangerous for a stranger to go near him especially when 

 lie was hurfgry or feeding, and woe betide the cat or dog that 

 came within his reach. 



