This is the only time I have ever seen young Sheldrake 
that were not apparently wildly excited at the sight of a man, 
but it seems that the sense of fear must be communicated 
to them by the old bird. I had no doubt seen this same 
brood several times before, but always flapping off down 
stream, a hundred yards away. 
In the Margaree valley Ravens were common everywhere 
and Snipe drummed every morning and evening over the 
boggy ground just behind where we lived. Golden Eagles 
were seen twice and the Bald Eagle once. The tameness of 
the Crows was remarkable. They would hardly fly from the 
roadside fence as we passed. 
F. W. Benson. 
White-Throated Sparrows in Lynn At Nesting Time 
While there are several records of White-throats wintering 
in Lynn, nesting time records seem more rare. On July 9th, 
1917, W. E. Bates and I were looking over the brush land of 
the Indian Hill Rifle Range, Lynn, when we were surprised 
to hear a White-throated Sparrow sing out very loudly and 
clearly from a branch over our heads. We, of course, took 
a good look at the singer and jotted down our good fortune 
in our note books. 
Crossing the valley we tramped over more brush land at 
a somewhat higher elevation than the Rifle Range, where we 
saw and heard several more White-throats. Visiting the 
latter locality on July 16th I found the White-throats still 
present and in song. While no nests were found on either of 
these trips the lateness of the date and the number of birds 
evidently present seemed to indicate that White-throated 
Sparrows probably bred in Lynn that year. 
A. P. Stubbs. 
Bird Notes on Plum Island —1920 
I made several trips to Plum Island this season, beginning 
April 17th and continuing at short intervals until about the 
first of October. The following are a few extracts from my 
notes on these visits: 
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