Maine . 
Panel ion lial iaetus carol inonsis . 
Robbing a Loon. 
I have a note about a Pish Hawk robbing a Loon too good 
to be lost, liy old friend Louis Ketchau, the most noted guide 
in Maine, called a few days ago. Louis always notices every- 
thing strange he sees in birds and animals and reports when 
we meet. He told me that a Loon came up near him and had a 
trout too large to swallow and was killing it when he heard 
a rushing noise and saw a Pish Hawk dropping with closed wings 
straight down upon the Loon. Startled by the noise the Loon 
dove and the Hawk seized the trout and was going off with it 
when the Loon rose. Louis is perfectly truthful and there is 
not the least question but he saw as he described. This is 
the first case I ever heard of a Pish Hawk robbing another 
bird. Copied from a letter to Wm. Brewster 
from Manly Hardy, Brewer, Maine, Apr. 13, 1897. 
