past year, probably because of the fact that I began 
raising chickens last spring and have now a flock of 
fifty or more which are fed out-of-doors. 
As I was returning from the Ritchie place this 
noon, a Short-tailed Shrew attempted to cross the public 
road about 20 feet in advance of me. On reaching the 
middle of the road, it stopped and then ran swiftly back 
into the bushes. Apparently it saw m e. despite its 
almost microscopic eyes. I was making almost no noise 
at the time.jj 
When I reached the farm to-day, Mr. «loneHS told 
me that Henry Lawrence shot a large Hawk last Saturday 
(November 24) and that it fell in our poultry-yard . I 
went to the Lawrences* after dinner and was shown the 
bird, which had been thrown into a wagon, in the barn, 
on top of a load of corn fodder. As I had suspected 
might prove to be the case, it was a Goshawk, a fine 
female in fully adult plumage. I bought it for fifty 
cents and brought it home to be mounted by Nelson* 
Henry Lawrence gave me the following account of the 
circumstances attending its capture; 
About noon, he heard a great outcry from the 
poultry which were scattered along the road leading past 
large 
the house. The next instant he saw that a/Hawk had 
seized a full-grown rooster which he was vainly attempt¬ 
ing to carry off. Lawrence rushed into the house for 
his gun and, returning to the road, found the Hawk in 
the same place standing on the ground, close to a stone 
wall, watching the rooster who lay on his belly, motionless. 
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