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Show , Robin Kills an Adder. In n vigorous battlo between n rob- In nnd nn nddcr 14 inches long, thrf bird killed tho snake. Tho fight took placo In tho garden of CJeorgo S. Jones, In Leominster, Mass., and was feen by John A. Hnnnls and others. Tho robin had n nest of little ones In nn npplo tree near tho garden. When tho snnko wriggled across the field Inward tho tree tho bird swooped down and attacked It vigorously with 1,'laws and bill, aiming Its attacks at The head of tho adder, which spat and hissed, but wns soon put out of tho battle. Not, however, on tho first round, ns It gradually camo to after tho tobtn had left It and began to move. Tho bird discovered tho motion nnd Mow again nt tho snnko, not tenv-tng tenv-tng It until It ,wnB dead. Iloston ('lobe. |