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Walter C. Bryan on the Road Runntr 

 which is not only instructive but very 

 thorough and is a credit to the author 

 It maintains the 'miform high rank of 

 contributions of that character for 

 which he has been responsible of late. 



John G. Tyler publishes in The x\u]; 

 for September, 1916, "Some Birds of 

 the Fresno District, California" (Sup- 

 plementary notes). This is an exceed- 

 ingly good paper and shows care and 

 ability in the preparation, and when 

 used in connection with the Pacific 

 Avifauna No. 9 will be a valuable addi- 

 tion thereto. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt contributes to 

 the Geological Magazine of August, 

 1916, the description of a new extinct 

 bird from South Carolina, the speci- 

 men being described from the fossil 

 bones of a large bird coming from the 

 Eastern part of South Carolina, and of 

 a larger size than any at present ex- 

 isting in the United States. 



American Robin — Merula migratoria. 



A. O. U. No. 761. 



I have received some very interest- 

 ing data on a Robin's nest near Waco, 

 Texas. I did not get a chance to see 

 it and as he only saw the one bird, I 

 thought possibly it was a lonesome 

 bird building a nest, which had been 

 left behind during the migrating sea- 

 son for some reason. 



However this same friend reported 

 a similar occurrence to me this year, 

 but on account of my health being bad 

 this summer, I was unable to visit the 

 place he described. From the descrip- 

 tion I thought that this was possible 

 like the one named before. 



I met my friend some weeks ago and 

 he related the following incident. 

 While he was enjoying an after dinner 

 smoke out on his front porch one af- 

 ternoon, he was disturbed by an awful 

 racket in the yard and upon investi- 

 gation he discovered a house cat about 



to get the "upper hand" of a family 

 of robins, consisting of two old ones 

 and three young ones. The young ones 

 were only a day or so out of the nest. 

 Being a bird lover he chased the cat 

 and the Robin family lived happily 

 ever afterward. 



From this you will see that the 

 American Robin is evidently nesting 

 here as this is very reliable informa- 

 tion. This is the first record I have 

 ever seen of the American Robin being 

 a summer resident here. 



Leverette Fitzpatrick. 

 Waco, McLennan Co., Texas. 



The Water Bound Chickadee. 

 In Lake Worth many trees are 

 found. In the water most of them are 

 dead, making a paradise for Carolina 

 Chickadees. In my boat I was taking 

 some migration notes for the United 

 States Government so I kept a look 

 out for Chickadees. The lake was on 

 a three foot rise April 3, 1916. I 

 noticed a dead tree swaying back and 

 forth in the swift water. A chicka- 

 dee's hole was about three feet from 

 the water. I went and examined it; 

 out came Mrs. Chickadee. I looked 

 in and found a set of eight eggs. The 

 nest was down in the hole six inches 

 made of moss and hair. The water 

 was still rising April 6, so I guess by 

 now Mrs. Chickadee's home is washed 

 away. R. Graham. 



Ft. Worth, Texas. 



1000 Barracuda Birds Cauglit in a Fish 

 Net. 

 Santa Cruz, July 13, Cottardo Steg- 

 nara got a catch of over 1000 barra- 

 cuda birds last night which he did not 

 bargain for while fishing off Aplos. He 

 was after smelt and had placed his net 

 and was circling with it after the catch 

 when a flock of thousands of these 

 birds swooped down after the fish and 

 in nearly every mesh was the neck of 



