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Vol. X DECEMBER, 1908 No. 4 



A Group of Robins' Nests. 



By Mrs. Elizabeth H. Marks. 



On the porch of Mrs. Charles G. Atkins, East Orland, Maine, 

 there is a group of Robins' nests, which are quite unusual and inter- 

 esting. Presumably the same birds have built three years in suc- 

 cession in the same corner of the porch, and the three nests are all 

 within the space of a circle one foot in diameter. In the picture on 

 the opposite page the three nests are shown. The lowest nest was 

 built in 1904, the uppermost nest in 1905, and the right hand nest 

 in 1906. In 1906 a pair of Chipping Sparrows had a nest about 

 three feet to the right of the group of Robins' nests, but this is not 

 shown in the picture. The nests are built in woodbine, and not far 

 from the roof of the veranda. The upper nest is four inches above 

 the one below it, and the right hand nest is six inches from the other 

 two. Here the Robins raised three broods three years in succes- 

 sion, without a mishap. The last year, when the Sparrows built 

 near by, there was no disagreement between the two species. 



I found at our camp at East Orland that a pair of Robins had 

 built in the same corner for five years in succession, usually the 

 second nest. The place was sold last year. When in the vicinity, 



