the young bird which Gilbert had left at the foot of the hill. 
As I stood watching him, peering up through a small 
opening in the pine branches which concealed me very effec¬ 
tually, the Jays (there were but two of them and they were 
doubtless the pair whose nest Gilbert found a week or more 
ago near the place where he turned out the young Owl) 
attacked him repeatedly and with much spirit, dashing past 
him within a foot or less and striking at his head with their 
bills, screaming all the while, of course. He paid little 
attention to them but once, when one of them came over him 
suddenly from behind, he ducked his head nervously. At 
length I moved slightly and he at once discovered me, fixing 
his grekt eyes on me for a moment and then flying off over 
the woods in the direction of Ball*s Hill. Altogether it 
was an interesting experience to have in these Concord woods. 
I did not see the young Owl, however. 
