In the Wake of the Brown Thrasher 



year has reached its full flood, will never 

 be found quite so rich in results as the 

 first two or three weeks in May; and this 

 for a special reason with which all orni- 

 thologists are well acquainted. 



In considering opportunities for seeing 

 as many specimens as possible, birds divide 

 themselves into two general classes — those 

 that nest and make their home in our own 

 fields and forests, and those that are 

 merely migratory visitors. And we should 

 never forget that these latter must be 

 looked for while they are passing and loiter- 

 ing on the way, or most of us will never 

 have the chance to find and study them 

 at all. 



It is because of this fact that the day of 

 the coming of our friend the Thrasher is 

 especially interesting. His clear, sweet 

 voice leads on not only the great multitude 

 of those that remain with us all summer, 

 but the multitude of birds of passage as 

 well, including the wonderful little Wood 

 Warblers (these alone numbering some 

 twenty-five kinds) and many others beside; 



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