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panes. Some of his attacks were repeated 

 with such force that many times he fell 

 panting and almost exhausted to the 

 narrow sill of the window, only to hop 

 back into the vine and renew his attacks. 

 The eggs must have hatched. The parent 

 bird was now exceedingly watchful to 

 guard the young from any lurking dangers, 

 and had seen reflected in the panes of 

 glass, as a result of the dark background 

 within, his own image. Mistaking it for a 

 foraging male of his own species, he had 

 decided to drive it from the vicinity of 

 the nest. After falling to the sill, as the 

 result of an attack, the bird would hop to 

 the vine directly in front of the window, 

 and, seeing his image again reflected in 

 the glass, would renew the attack. 



Satisfied now that this was the cause of 

 the curious actions of the bird, I decided 

 to confirm my theory. Going directly to 

 the garret I opened the window, knowing 

 that if the above suppositions were the 

 case that this would be the quickest way 

 to end the trouble; while if the bird really 

 wanted to get inside for some reason or 

 other it would have all the chance in the 

 world to do so. Before leaving the spot 

 I reached up and felt in the nest and, just 

 as I had supposed, the young were 

 hatched. It might be here stated that 

 while at the window arranging things, the 

 male bird was nowhere to be seen. 



Returning to the garden, I awaited 

 results, and after a short while the male 

 bird returned and, flying to the top of the 

 vine began to descend by dropping down 

 a few inches at a time, until he was again 

 directly in front of the window. Here he 

 stopped and peered in, seeming not a little 

 surprised at there being no adversary 

 there to meet him. After sitting in this 

 position for a moment or two, all the 

 while nervously twitching his tail and 

 uttering low, discontented chirps, he flew 

 ' directly to the sill where after an instant's 

 pause and investigation, he flew back into 

 the vine, then to some nearby shrubbery, 

 and the incident was ended. 



Could not Mr. Wood's Robin have had 

 a nest in the vicinity and, as in the case 

 of the Cardinal, desired to keep away all 



straggling intruders of its own kind? — 

 Delos E. Culver, Addingham, Pa. 



Fall River Notes 



As you are getting in observations on 

 earliest arrivals of birds, I think the follow- 

 ing item which appeared in our Fall River 

 paper may be of interest. 



As you undoubtedly know there is 

 quite a colony of Fish Hawks on the 

 shores and inlets of Narragansett Bay, 

 near Swansea and Touisset. An observer 

 in that neighborhood, who has observed 

 them for many years, sent word to the 

 paper that year after year they had ar- 

 rived there on the morning of March 24. 

 This year he sent word that they arrived 

 March 24, at 8.40 p.m., twenty minutes 

 late; their usual time being 8.20! 



I should also like to add that the Evening 

 Grosbeaks have visited us again this year, 

 but instead of fourteen there were only 

 two, neither of them in perfect color. 

 They have been here to our knowledge 

 only three times and making very short 

 visits — a half hour or so. The fruit of the 

 box elder tree, of which they were so fond 

 before, was all on the ground, and they 

 paid no attention to it. They were here 

 in March. A friend saw a pair in February, 

 about a half mile from our home. — Ellen 

 M. Shove, Fall River, Mass. 



Prospect Park Notes 



I wish to report the presence of a male 

 Cardinal in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. As 

 far as I can learn this the first record since 

 1902. According to Braislin's 'Birds of 

 Long Island,' the Cardinal was formerly 

 common in this section and bred in 

 Prospect Park in 1884. It is now very rare 

 here. The bird was seen by me on May 2, 

 1914, on the large peninsula near the 

 lake. A few days later it was observed by 

 Miss Kumpf of the Brooklyn Bird Club. 



There was a rather unusual migratory 

 wave on May 2, which brought many 

 Warblers before their usual time. A male 

 Cape May on that date seems to be an 

 early record. At the same time five Brown 



