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ing too strong to be resisted, she flew from the nest, alighting in a 

 tree close -by. From the tree she flew to the ground, where, utter- 

 ing piercing cries, and dragging her wings on the ground, as if 

 broken, she circled around and around, acting for all the world like 

 the Ruffed Grouse. Finding that I was not to be moved by these 

 tactics she arose from the ground and dashed at the tree, circling 

 two or three times about my head and finally flew away. I found 

 four fresh-laid eggs resting on a few feathers. 



NoRMAN W. LERMOND. 



Thomaston, Sept. 27, 1907. 



From the Far West. — The following letter to the editor is 

 of general interest: "The birds of Wyoming send greeting to the 

 Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society and hope to be repre- 

 sented at our next annual meeting." 



O. W. Knight. 



Encampment City, Wyo., October 17, 1907. 



Notes from Franklin County. — Oct. 5th, I saw a pair of 



Pectoral Sandpipers. They were in the grass not far from a frog 



pond. Many of the summer residents, especially the Warblers, seem 



to have left for the South much earlier than usual. I have seen no 



winter birds up to date. 



Dana Sweet. 



Avon, Nov. i, 1907. 



Robin against Loggerhead Shrike. — On Aug. 6th, 1899. 

 between the villages of Bethel and West Bethel, Maine, we came 

 upon a little company of Shrikes by the roadside. They were as 

 pugnacious as usual under such circumstances. I was therefore 

 considerably surprised to see a brightly plumaged Robin dash at 

 one of the Shrikes and put it entirely to flight. 



Arthur H. Norton. 



Portland, Nov. 15, 1907- 



Variable Numbers of Sandpipers on the Maine Coast 

 in 1904 and 1907.— During the latter half of July and first part of 

 August, 1904, observations covering about five weeks were made on 

 the coast of Maine, from Little Machias Bay to Portland. The 



