Jan., 1914 
XOTKS OX XKvSTIXG OF THE SIIARP-SIIIXXEI) HAWK 
young bird in a nearby tree. After I had climbed three trees it finally escaped in 
a dense thicket and 1 gave up the chase. The mother bird would alight quite near 
while I was climbing for the young, and utter a plaintive “cheap, cheap”. 
I carried the two young hawks to the edge of tlie thicket and perching them 
on a dead limb made several negatives of them. I brought the two captives home 
with me and put them in a large cage to note further developments. 
On the 30th of July I again visited the nesting site, and discovered the three 
remaining young hawks perched near the top of a tall dead tree about thirty 
yards from the nest tree busy preening their feathers. Considerable down was 
hanging to the limbs and occasionally a bit would float awav on the breeze. J re- 
mained hidden nearby all the afternoon observing tlie young through glasses. The 
Fig. 16. “Hands Off” — a Characteristic I'ose: aged 2.1 days: photographed 
July 26; note development ok plumage 
old birds were away, no doubt foraging in the interests of their hungry offsjndng. 
Late in the afternoon T heard one of the old birds call and had just caught a 
glimpse of its wings when all the young uttered a faint “cheep, cheep”, and flew 
to a tree some distance off. After a short time two of the young returned to tlie 
dead tree : one remained away some time, finally returning to the other two. I 
remained quite late but observed no further evidences of feeding, so returned 
home. 
On the Tst of August the last down had disapjieared from the captive birds, 
that being on top of the head. They seemed to stand captivity very well but re- 
mained extremely wild. I kept their cage hung well uji in a tree, and fed them 
exclusively on raw beef, three ounces for both birds at a meal, morning and eve- 
