What has happened to the Martins ? — Last summer the Martins 
( Progne subis) were suddenly either destroyed or driven away from their 
boxes in this town where for many years they have been domiciled. I 
watched interestedly for their arrival this spring, and was delighted on 
May 8, 1904, to see one about their old homes ; but my delight has been 
■■short-lived, as the one lone bird disappeared and no others have come- 
Does it mean that the largest Concord colony I know of, where for many 
years at least fifteen pairs have nested, is wiped out? I would like to 
know if other New England towns have so mysteriously lost their Mar- 
tins. — Reginald Heber Howe. Tr., Concord, Mass. 
Auk 1 XI, Inly, 1904, p. 
327 . 
