JULY, 1917 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? 
PERHAPS A SCREECH - OWL 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
Who is the murderer?—Can some reader 
of Forest and Stream give us a clue? 
We were much gratified recently to learn 
that our bird neighbors had confidence 
enough in us to build their nests under 
the eaves of our back porch. At one end, 
on a ledge under the edge of the roof, be¬ 
hind a grapevine supported on a wire near 
the ledge, a pair of robins had nested, and 
the young were beginning to grow wing 
feathers. 
About the break of day, a few mornings 
ago, we heard the mother robin scolding 
as if something was disturbing her. But, 
feeling that the location of the nest pro¬ 
tected it from cats, we forgot the incident 
until later in the day, when we found one 
young bird on the ground with its head 
severed from its body. Neither head nor 
body was lacerated nor showed any signs 
that an attempt had been made to devour 
it. Examination of the nest revealed that 
the three other young birds had been be¬ 
headed, two bodies and two heads remain¬ 
ing in the nest, and one head and one 
body on the ledge beside it. The nest was 
in its normal state, not torn to pieces. 
Next morning about the same time we 
heard the chattering of a chipping sparrow, 
whose nest was in some vines at the op¬ 
posite end of the porch well up toward 
the roof, and later the partly incubated 
eggs from it were found on the ground, 
broken, but the nest was not torn to pieces. 
At the time we heard the complaint of the 
sparrow, a look from an upper window did 
not discover anything, on account of the 
overhang of the porch roof. 
The city is well stocked with fox squir¬ 
rels, several of which frequently come to 
the house and have been fed from our 
hands, but we are unwilling to think they 
were the murderers. A squirrel could 
have reached the nest of the birds by trav¬ 
eling along the grapevine, but it is not be¬ 
lieved that an animal larger than a squir¬ 
rel could have done so without leaving 
marks on the vine. 
Edward R. Mitchell. 
Jackson, Mich. 
[On one or two occasions in years past 
we have found in the late spring small 
birds, such as English sparrows and mi¬ 
grating warblers, beheaded somewhat as 
these young robins were beheaded. After 
some thought and observation we conjec¬ 
tured that this was the work of the little 
screech owl, which was abundant and often 
seen where the killing took place. This 
was one conjecture, please remember.— 
—Editor.] 
WHERE TO SPEND A WEEK’S 
VACATION NEAR CLEVELAND 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have been a reader of your magazine 
for some time past, enjoying it very much, 
and am wondering if you can help me out 
of my present quandary. 
My friend and I are about 20 years of 
age, and desire to spend a week of our 
vacation during the latter part of August 
at some quiet inland lake or river where 
there is good trout or bass fishing and 
boating and bathing are possible—a place 
within a hundred or one hundred and 
TROUTDALE CAMPS 
Troutdale, Somerset County, Maine 
on beautiful Moxie Pend; take Maine Central 
Railway to Troutdale. Excellent trout fishing in 
five ponds and eight brooks and fine salmon fish¬ 
ing in one pond. Here the trout are taken on 
the fly every day of the season. Most comfort¬ 
able accommodations in separate cabins. Fine 
table. An ideal vacation place with many easy 
side trips. Main camps reached in five minutes 
by canoe or motor boat from Railway Station. 
For rates address 
PAUL M. GUILD 
BINGHAM MAINE 
For Sale. 
Grand View Hotel, Eustis, Florida, doing profit¬ 
able year-round business; successful tourist sea¬ 
son just ended; building centrally located, has 
spacious verandas, 87 sleeping rooms; 42 with 
connecting bath, 48 newly furnished. Eustis, 
largest town in Lake county, is tourist and com¬ 
mercial center; fishing, golf, motoring, tennis; 
many miles hard surface roads; good tram service. 
For particulars address J. F. Mayer, owner, 
Eustis, Florida. 
FOR RENT 
Salmon Fishing 
A mile and a half of water on 
the Northeast branch Ste. Margue¬ 
rite River, near Tadousac, Province 
of Quebec, owned in, fee. 
Affording fishing for two or 
three rods; five good pools within 
easy access of well equipped spa¬ 
cious camp beautifully situated on 
bend of river. Season commences 
about the middle of June and fish¬ 
ing is good until August 15th. 
Owners would like to rent or 
would consider an offer for the 
sale of the water. 
For further particulars apply to 
CAMERON MACLEOD 
Room 350 Tremont Bldg. 
BOSTON, MASS. 
1,000 ISLAND HOUSE 
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y. 
A modern hotel located in the heart 
of the 1,000 Islands 
18-hole golf course, 20 clay tennis courts, 
canoeing, fishing for bass, muscalonge and 
pickerel, excellent motoring roads, polo 
tournaments and motor boat races in July 
and August. American and European plan. 
O. G. STAPLES, Proprietor. 
Rates, Booklets, and personal interview— 
Address W. H. WARBURTON 
Prince George Hotel, New York 
For Salmon Lake and Brook Trout 
Fishing Spend Your Vacation At 
“THE TAVERN” 
In the beautiful village of New London, New 
Hampshire, thirty miles northwest of Concord 
and seven miles west of I’otter Place on the 
Boston and Maine Railroad. The village oc- 
•upies the crest of a hill. 1531 feet above sea 
level, in the charming Sunapee Lake region, two 
miles from the Lakeside wharf. The excellence 
of the roads is in part due to the fact that the 
town is on the "Ideal Tour" to the White Moun¬ 
tains. Fish and game are found here, the salmon 
and trout of Sunapee and Pleasant Lake, malting 
this the angler’s paradise. Rates $4.00 a day up, 
$17.50 weekly up; boats or canoes 50 cents a day; 
guides $4,00 to $5.00 a day. Write for Illustrated 
booklet. The Tavern, New London, N. H. 
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