sparrow and it shaved interest, leaning forward 
& nd following every motion by raising and lower¬ 
ing its body. Then I went to the house and got 
% opera glass. After a short time the one that 
had the sparrow lit in the bushes and gave a hard 
steely whistle like stur ea. Then it came down 
to the sparrow again” The'"other immediately flew 
hown and lit in the bushes and commenced to call 
h£a_Jcra varied to kwee kwee . Once it gave a low 
e *plosive note like tsuk . I approached closer 
a nd the one on the ground picked up the sparrow 
an d hopped six or eight feet with it. The other 
flew down at it and they began t o fight. Neither 
Would retreat and they sat back on their tails 
and began to scream and pick at each other. I 
Was only a short distance off. I tried to catch 
»hem but they flew off, the first one seen in 
®he lead and the other chasing it. A woman in 
^he house nearby said that they had been fighting 
day. The sparrow had been dead some time for 
7* V/ us stone cold. A male sparrow lit in a tree 
see what the matter was. It jerked its tail 
sxcitedly. I saw where the sparrow had been 
j'&ught. Two sparrows had lit in the snow. They 
bopped together and began to feed. Then near one 
nack was the faint impression of wings. Near 
he other a blurred impression with two large 
bracks near it. 
I took the following description of the 
8 hrikes. Back and crown ashy, black line through 
e J r e to ear, primaries and secondaries black, 
8e condaries and tertials edged with white, 
®rtials edged to scapulars, tail, black, 
Sbsduated, outer tail feathers while on under 
8 ih.e, inner feathers black. 
The one that I saw first kept its tail spread 
°st of the time. Its underparts were finely 
e ined with brownish. 1 hung the sparrow on a thorn. 
