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Fig. 106. WOOD THRUSH ON NEST. 



They sit so closely that sometimes you may touch them before 

 they will leave the eggs. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 

 The male of this species is always popular with bird lov- 

 ers, for he is very handsome, is always cheerful and has a 

 beautiful song. The female is popular too with those who 

 know her, but she is dressed so differently from her mate 

 and so inconspicuously, like a big sparrow, that she is sel- 

 dom noticed. The Grosbeak song is similar to, but readily 



