1071, 
yj 3< i 
10 * 19 . 
ay 30, 
• .. i'3. . rrlstata , 
Maine (Lake irrhago #), 
Saw one take an egg from tho : nit. of a Robin arc! 
mko off with it., hotly pursued by the parent bird. 
Twice lately a remarkable habit or this bird 1ms 
coro under ny notice. Throe or four days ago ,, ilo t 
was cros; ihg kbo Lake a flock of those birds passed over 
head.high in air; they flow steadily in a compact body 
heading to the eastward, and passed oyt of sight over 
the woods. Yesterday 1 saw a syp.1 nora remarkable 
flight crossing :i ’'oadows; thcmjpwciro at least forty 
individuals in this flock and they flow lomr d<vn, in 
' fact just above tho tops of the aiders. 
1880. 
June 3.3, 
A brood of young just Iron the nest. Tho old bird 
boned her body uttering a note like b~> tolling of a 
boll. 
f.T 
13181 
ay 17. 
13388. 
Oe o , l. -8 
A noisy . arty of at least a dozen flitting through 
tho woods precisely as in autumn. Within the last 
fow days ( ha Soon RUHh Ivryr flocks flying over tho' 
lake like blackbirds. 
; o or. rd every day but 3.'boy are by no ,-t >ar,s 
a*» i irous . .•■■■; ■ in v.t &m in ^assachu ®®%%m in dututan, 
homo of the hunters ray they winter; others deny it. 
