gyanooitta cristata annoying Merula migrator ia . 
Copy. Waltham, Mass., May 14, 1901. 
Dear Mr. Brewster, 
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x x x x x . I am going to tell about two in- 
stances where it seemed as if one kind of bird was teazing 
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another, x x x x x x . The other case has just taken place 
this spring. A pair of robins started to build in an apple 
tree in front of our house & were getting on quite well when 
one day a pair of blue ^ays appeared & for no reason that I 
could see except to be hateful, began to pull the nest to 
pieces & throw things about. Of course the robins fought for 
their rights & for one whole day whenever I looked out the 
fight was on. I did not see the final conflict, but the 
robins must have been victorious, for the nest is finished, 
the eggs laid apparently & the mother sitting on them. Every 
once in a while I see those hateful bluejays slinking round & 
the other day the male robin flew at one of them with such 
violence that I heard a loud thud when he struck, x x x x . 
(Mrs.) Elizabeth J. Worcester. 
