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grass and the robins were darting down on the hen from the 

 surrounding trees. Their mode of attack was very similar to a 

 blackbird when driving away a crow. There were four or five 

 full-grown robins, but two seemed more active than the rest. 

 I watched them for nearly half an hour and then tried to 

 drive the robins away, but they would only fly a short distance 

 and as soon as my back was turned renew the attack. I ex- 

 amined the surrounding trees to see if I could find a robin's 

 nest, but without success. I finally had to drive the hen away 

 and had some difficulty in finding the young chickens. The 

 place where this attack was made was only a few yards from 

 my chicken coop, and there were several other broods of chick- 

 ens close at hand, but the robins only fought the one hen. — 

 This hen always ranges about the place where she was at- 

 tacked, but as far as I know has not been molested by robins 

 either before or since. 



I hope some of your readers can throw some light on the 

 subject. I could see neither nest nor young robins, so am at a 

 loss to account for it. Yours, respectfully, 



A. MacLeod. 



White Sul. Springs, June 2J/.th. 



