A GAMECOCK V. A HAWK.
The editor of the ttttckJiwwptMb Aryw testifies a* aa eye witness to the anthentieity of the following natural history anec- - dete f— ** A thorottghbred game coyk was iusiljr engaged with his wives picking a none which was tying on the grass. About gftv yards distant was a brigalow tree, and on «n& of its branches was seated » large fcaifk,. watching the Uowtsvery attentively, and apparently envying them their food. The game-cock on his part kept his eye wpon the hawk, occasionally crowing and showing symptoms of want- . . tag a light. Srtddenty the hawk flew tip in the air, described; a circle, and with the »pe«d of light shot down among the ' IngMened fowls. Bot htood was to the fere, the cock stood his ground, and tas the hawk approached him he flew at Mm and hit him so* hard that he bronght him te> th* jgr©«nd, and before those who were looking on and wondering coftld reach the •pot, the hawk was as dead as JnHtts Caesar. We have heard of a sparrowhawk kUKng a gatne-cock by tying on his back and ripping him »f> with hb talon* when his enemy sparred at himv but we are of opiwion that the above tragedy is '• witAoat parallel.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 291, 29 March 1877, Page 4
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