THE OOLOGIST 



against a small piece of brush on the 

 gully bank about six feet above the 

 bed rock. The female was on the 

 nest and allowed me to get close 

 enough to get a fairly good picture 

 before she left, but as I moved up to 

 get a better view she slid from the 

 nest and flew up the gully bank. The 

 nest contained two eggs of the thrush 

 and one of the parasitic Cowbird. I 

 made another exposure showing my 

 friend, Dr. McNaughton pointing out 

 the nest to my friend C. F. Stone. 

 This photo gives a good idea of the 

 location of the nest. Four days later 

 (July 1st) I got quite close and got 

 a good picture of the female on the 

 nest and showing the immediate sui 

 roun dings in detail, then I moved up 

 to within about 30 inches, without dis- 



turbing her, and got a picture of her 

 on the nest, using a Cramer Iso plate 

 and a four second exposure. This 

 time when I started to change the 

 plate she lett the nest, flying up the 

 gully bank. Then I built a platform, 

 raising the camera so that it looked 

 down on the nest and got the picture 

 showing the nest and eggs (Cowbird 

 egg at the right). 



On July 27th I was coming down 

 the gully bank from a Black-throated 

 Green Warbler's nest when I slipped 

 and fell, sliding down the bank and 

 a Hermit Thrush flushed almost from 

 in under me and I found her nest there 

 in the bank. This nest contained 

 three eggs of the Thrush and one of 

 the Cowbird. The nest was composed 

 of dead leaves and hemlock twigs, 



No. 62 — Hermit Thrush on Nest. See No. 50. 



— Photo by Verdi Burtch. 



