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Ducks at Highland Lake. — Wild Ducks were unusually 

 plentiful at Highland Lake during September, October and Novem- 

 ber, many more than I have ever seen in either of the six years I 

 have camped there, American Golden-eyes were very conspicuous. 



Louis E. Legge. 

 Portland, Feb. i, 1909. 



Robins Used Same Nest Six Seasons. — The group of 

 Robins' nests described by Mrs. Elizabeth H. Marks, in the Decem- 

 ber number of the Journal, leads me to report a single Robin's 

 nest used for six successive seasons, and also a multiple nest built by 

 the same species in one season. 



In the "Birds of Essex County," page 313, I recorded a Robin's 

 nest that was built under the porch, on the lintel of the front door 

 of my summer house, at Ipswich, Mass., and, at the time the book 

 was published, had been occupied, presumably by the same pair for 

 four successive seasons. Since then it was used for two more sum- 

 mers, or six in all, but in the winter following the last, i. e., the 

 winter of 1906-7, it was blown down, and the spot has not been 

 built on since. I think, however, that the same pair have since 

 built in a bush close to the front door. This nest over the door was 

 repaired and built a little higher each year, so that in the summer 

 of 1906, when it was last occupied, it had attained a height of eight 

 inches, and was practically a six-storied nest. 



The multiple nest was built, presumably by one pair of Robins, 

 in the spring of 1907, on the ledge over a window in a boat house, 

 on the marsh at Ipswich, and a brood was raised in one of the nests. 

 On the ledge four nests were built side by side of mud and dried 

 eelgrass {Zostera ma-tina). Each of these nests was only about one- 

 third of the height of the usual Robin's nest. Beyond these on the 

 ledge was a fifth nest, represented by a slight cup-shaped depres- 

 sion, while beyond this was a sixth, represented by but a small 

 amount of mud, not shaped, and covered with eelgrass. The re- 

 maining space on the ledge, large enough for two nests, was covered 

 with eelgrass alone. 



The Phoebe has been known to use the same nest for several 



