rca Uae 8 OLN= eBAUehet Eek VN 3 
Evidently the.female of the pair had tried to cling to the nest. 
One of her legs was so badly injured that it would not support her 
but the veterinarian said it was not broken—probably a sprain—and 
advised massage and exercise. So besides providing food, Mr. Andrus 
patiently massaged the leg until it was strong again. 
The birds matured rapidly. When I saw them, June 8th, they 
appeared to be fully grown. They were now arrayed in the beautiful 
plumage of the immature red-tailed hawk. They were well satisfied 
during the summer in a latticed rose arbor, enclosed with chicken 
wire, and furnished with the comforts of a hawk’s home in the woods; 
shade, green pine boughs, strong perches covered with bark to which 
a young hawk’s claws can cling easily, good food and water. 
Mr. Andrus says he learned a lot about hawks last summer. I 
think the hawks must have learned something of the kindness of 
human beings, for as soon as it was no longer necessary to grind 
their meat he made frequent trips to the cemetery, where he snared 
gophers for them. 
After the birds were grown each ate a gopher at a feeding— 
morning, noon, and night—or about a pound of steak each day, if 
they were being fed beef. They would eat beef liver under protest 
but would not look at pork or cooked beef. Mr. Andrus said that the 
first time he fed gopher-meat, he placed a piece on the perch of the 
male bird which, when he put his bill into the warm meat, clutched it 
with both claws, spread his wings and hovered over it as if hiding 
it while he squealed with apparent delight over his tid-bit. 
By September lst, the problem of feeding the hawks in winter 
was troubling Mr. Andrus. He was sure that, if they were freed, 
they would starve before they learned to take their own food. Finally 
he left his pets at the Milwaukee Zoo. He was doubtful of the out- 
come of this venture as the Zoo fed large pieces of horse meat placed 
on a platter. The hawks, used to being fed by hand and frightened 
by the motor trip, didn’t know what it was all about. 
However, he left the birds to the mercies of an attendant who 
promised he would cut the meat in smaller strips and hang it on 
their perches until they learned to eat from the platter. 
Evidently the promise was kept as, in response to his inquiry, 
Feb. 16th, Mr. Andrus received a letter from the Zoo saying that 
the hawks had been very happy all winter in a large cage with con- 
dors and eagles: that they were fully grown and a very beautiful pair 
of birds, indeed. 
Belvidere, Ill. 
CROW INVESTIGATION 
Mr. C. T. BLACK, who is conducting the Illinois Cooperative Crow 
Investigation, requests that nestling crows be banded wherever pos- 
sible. If the finder of a nest does not have a bird banding permit, or 
is unacquainted with a bird bander, he can obtain bands by writing 
to Mr. Black, whose address is 204 Exp. Zool. Lab., Champaign, III. 
