tame, and if given the run of an entire 

 room, will furnish unending amuse- 

 ment. 



The sparrow hawks are cute little 

 fellows, fierce at first, but soon learn- 

 ing to know their master, and one may 

 easily teach them, when thrown high 

 in the air, to return at a whistle or 

 call. One may practice the long for- 

 gotten art of falconry, without its 

 cruel accompaniments, by teaching 

 the birds to dart after and seize a 

 piece of meat thrown into the air. 

 These little hawks should never be 

 killed, as they are gradually becom- 

 ing more and more used to our cities, 

 where they may ultimately prove to be 

 of inestimable value in exterminating 

 that marauding foreigner — the Eng- 

 lish sparrow. 



In studying birds or animals, it is 

 well to keep in mind that when we 

 seek only to kill, and that not for food, 

 we are lower in instinct than the 

 rapacious hawks and owls ; but if we 

 pit our eyes and our cameras against 

 the bird, we may never fear of mak- 

 ing too big a bag. The bird may have 

 flown far away at the click of the 

 shutter, but we have captured some- 

 thing which will be a joy forever, 

 while the song of the bird still rings 

 on and its mate and young are not left 

 desolate to worry their little lives out 

 in the endless struggle for existence. 



THREE DAYS MORE 

 By F. E. Farnsworth 



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GROUSE By W. E. Carlin 



