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tracted by a great uproar among the Eaves Swallows ; an examina- 

 tion disclosed the startling fact that a large adder was under the 

 eaves of the barn busily engaged in devouring the swallows' eggs. 

 I remember reading, when a small boy, something about a Robin 

 trying to attract attention to a snake which was about to reach her 

 young, and tlie show of gratitude which the bird exhibited when 

 the snake had been killed, but I think that was a black reptile, and 

 I really never believed it half true. I cannot say that this Robin 

 showed any particular appreciation of what I had done for her, but 

 she seemed much in doubt about returning to the nest for an hour 

 or so after the incident. In my own mind liowever, I felt the day 

 well spent if I had accomplished nothing more material than saving 

 the nest and contents. In it I discovered one little Robin and three 

 unhatched eggs. After dark I returned to the nest with my lantern 

 and Mrs. Robin was at peace with her family. 



Clarence K. vSawver. 

 Brunswick, June 2S, 1907. 



I'nAi.AROi'K AT vSivUAC.o Laki:. — Mr. Everett Smith, of Port- 

 land, informs me that on August 23d, while making a trip on the 

 Sebago lyake steamer, he saw a Phalarope in the water near the 

 boat. The bird was flushed twice or three times, and flew a short 

 distance ahead, alighting again in the water. The species could 

 not be ascertained, but it was prol)ahly either the Red Phalarope or 

 the Northern Phalaroiie. Tlie presence of tliis bird of the sea on an 

 inland lake is interesting, though this is not the first time it has 

 been reported. Sept. 26, 1904, Mr. A. H. Norton took a Red 

 Phalarope at We.stbrook, six miles inland, where it was swinnning 

 in the Presumpscot river. (A. H. Norton in Jot'kn. Me. Okn. 

 Soc. \'ol. \'II. page 47.) 



W. H. I')K(»WNS()N. 



Portland, .\ug. 31, 1907. 



