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Another instance came under my observation this last spring. 

 One Friday afternoon, as I was going home, I stopped at a bridge 

 to see a Phoebe's nest. As I was working my way carefully to- 

 wards the nest, and watching the rocks on which I was to step, the 

 bird left the nest. She must have passed within three or four feet 

 of my head, but she went so quietly that I did not see or hear her. 



Sherman E. Phillips. 



Canterbur)^, N. H., November ii, 1908. 



A Fourth Cumberland County Caspian Tern and Sup- 

 plementary Note Upon the Third. — I have just examined a 

 specimen of Caspian Tern, at the taxidermy establishment of Mr. 

 W. D. Hinds, which appears to furnish the fourth specific Cumber- 

 land County record.^ It was sent from Bailey's Island, Harpswell, 

 and received at the shop noted October 17, 1908. It was mounted 

 for Mr. Sinnett, of Bailey's Island. The bird is in worn winter 

 plumage, plainly worn through the summer. Some traces of moult 

 are evident. 



The third specimen,'^ recorded as in the collection of Mr. J. A. 



Coolbroth, has recently been given to the collection of the Portland 



Society of Natural History. 



Arthur H. Norton. 

 Portland, Me., Nov. 14, 1908, 



Notes from Damarisc'otta. — The morning of Oct. 15th I 

 was near the Seal Rocks, and before the break of day heard two 

 flocks of Robins in flight, bound, as near as I could tell, in the direc- 

 tion of Monhegan Island, which is quite a distance southwest from 

 where I heard the birds. 



The same day I landed on the Eastern Egg Rocks and was very 

 sorry to find the wings only of a large number of Carey Chickens. 

 This was all that was left of the birds, the body being destroyed, no 



IJOURN. Me. Orn. Soc, VII. p. 57. 

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