. The oist . flew at me and came within afew feet of my head. I believe thatshe would have struck me had I notbeen watching her. Several of theboys from camp were near the nest atvarious times, but she never seemed tomind them. My reference book states that theGoshawk is very destructive to gamebirds, and as the forests of that local-ity contain great numbers of grouse,among which is the Franklin Grouse,1 decided that the bird world wouldbe better off if this family was not al-lowed to live. The Franklin Grouse isknown locally as the Fool Hen andthey would be easy victims for such adashing bir
. The oist . flew at me and came within afew feet of my head. I believe thatshe would have struck me had I notbeen watching her. Several of theboys from camp were near the nest atvarious times, but she never seemed tomind them. My reference book states that theGoshawk is very destructive to gamebirds, and as the forests of that local-ity contain great numbers of grouse,among which is the Franklin Grouse,1 decided that the bird world wouldbe better off if this family was not al-lowed to live. The Franklin Grouse isknown locally as the Fool Hen andthey would be easy victims for such adashing bird of prey. On June 21st I shot one of the oldbirds and took the young. Theirgrowth had been rather slow. Theirbodies were still covered with whitedown, but their wing feathers werewell advanced, and their tails had com-menced to sprout. I took them tocamp. They were vicious, not makingfriends, and refusing absolutely to , I took small chunks of rawbeef and forced down their throats. THB OOLOGIST 85. 86 THE OOLOQIST This progressed for several days andthey were growing fat, but disasterwas approaching. They continuallyquarreled among tliemselves, and oneday in a general free-for-all one ofthem was killed. When I discoveredwhat had happened the departed onewas half eaten. This gave me an idea, and I shotseveral gophers, of which there werelarge numbers in the vicinity of I had my trouble for nothing formy pets would not touch them. Theyhad had a taste of fresh blood, andthe lust of battle was inherited frommany generations of ancestors. Theykept fighting among themselves, thestronger killing the weaker, until onlyone was left. However, the survivordid not stay with me long for in a fewdays he too died. The alpine Three-toed Woodpeckerwas very common, in fact was theonly woodpecker observed in theBig Hole Basin. The Lodgepole Pinein that vicinity was attacked by abeetle known as Dendrochnas monti-cula. The adult beetles bore throughthe bark and lay their eggs i
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