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The nest is usually built in a low bush or tree, 

 only a few feet from the ground ; and a swampy 

 place is especially likely to be selected. Eggs are 

 laid about the end of May, and there is sometimes 

 a second set. 



The wood-thrush is one of our exquisite musi- 

 cians. The song is usually delivered from the top 

 of a tall tree, either in the early morning, or in the 

 deepening dusk of evening ; though, should the day 

 be cloudy, he may be heard at other hours. The 

 song is rich and various, and is almost impossible 

 of translation into syllables. But among others the 

 sound of Eolie, Eolie, in a peculiarly liquid tone, 

 and followed by a trill, may often be noted. In the 

 neighborhood of New York, the wood-thrush sings 

 from the time of his arrival until about the middle 

 of August, and, having ceased, does not again re- 

 sume his music in the fall. 



LITERATURE: 



Birdways. OLIVE THORNE MILLER. 



