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orchards in search of food, but they usiiallY retire to the 

 v^-oods when the sun is bright, as they might be seen. 

 However, I have known them to nest and live in our back 

 yard here in Tennessee, and they are abundant even in the 

 rather thickly settled residence district of Asheville, North 

 Carolina. One can hear them practically any day among 

 the trees on the campus of the George Peabody College 

 or of Vanderbilt University in the heart of Nashville. I 

 mention those facts so as not to give the impression that 

 one must always go to the deep woods in order to find wood 

 thrushes. 



i Their nests are usually built in low bushes, but they 

 choose a bush that is so thick that the nest is not con- 

 spicuous. They prefer a place near the water. They con- 

 struct their nest of leaves, grass, weeds, etc., making a 

 rather beautiful nest. Mud is used in the outer part, but 

 the nest is usually lined with moss and soft fine grass and 

 roots. Four eggs are most commonly laid and these are 

 qi a uniform light blue. 



