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Lake Umbagog, Maine. Chases a Sparrow. 
1896. At two P.M. as I was on ray way to the boat landing a 
Aug.14. young Cooper's Hawk came skimming across the Lake from the 
direction of B.Point and alighted for a moment in a poplar by 
the shore. It then flew across the Lakeside meadow pursued 
by a number of excited Barn Swallows who pursued dove down on 
it from above picking at its head and evidently annoying it a 
good deal for it dipped or dodged repeatedly. On reaching the 
road nearly in front of the hotel it turned sharply to one 
side and plunged headlong into the top of an apple tree driv¬ 
ing out a large Sparrow (probably M. fasdata ) which at first 
flew upward and out over the field escaping the talons of the 
Hawk half-a-dozen times by doubling at the last moment but 
which finally sought refuge in a dense growth of golden rod . 
and Eupatorium by the roadside. The Hawk alighted on a stone 
wall within a yard of the spot where the Sparrow had disap¬ 
peared and sat there motionless in a crouching position watch¬ 
ing, its plumage ruffed, its small head bent downward. The 
Sparrow wisely kept close hid and after about ten minutes the 
Hawk lost patience and flew down the road to a fence post 
where it perched in an absolutely erect posture its feathers 
drawn in so tightly that it looked like a continuation of the 
post. Soon after this it plunged into another apple tree • 
without moving anything and then made for the -woods. All the 
