Acciniter coonerii . 
Concord, 
1893. 
Aug. 20. 
kss. Strange behavior. 
While passing around the Glacial Hollow this afternoon 
we came upon a small mixed flock consisting of six or seven 
Chickadees, an Oven Bird, a Solitary Vireo and two young 
Chest^sided Warblers. They were high up in the pines at first 
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and we had to "screep" a good deal to get them down into good 
view. Presently a Cooper's Hawk began screaming not far off 
and the next moment came flying through the trees and alighted 
on a low branch not ten yards from us and literally in the 
very midst of the Chickadees and Warblers which curiously e- 
nough showed neither surprise nor alarm but went on feeding 
or flitting about within a few feet or yards of their danger- 
ous neighbor. Their confidence proved to be not misplaced 
for the Hawk a young female in fresh autumn plumage showed no 
desire to molest them but for a full minute sat erect and mo- 
tionless regarding us with an expression of mingled surprise 
and suspicion. She then flew quietly away in £he direction 
whence she had come but the moment we resumed "screeping" she 
returned and circling half around us alighted again. This 
was Repeated half a dozen times or more the screeping never 
once failing to bring back the Hawk post haste although she 
did not come quite as close as at first. Her approach was 
always heralded by a succession of shrill squeaking cries 
(ke-e-e-e) agreeing in form with those of the young just from 
