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breasted Grosbeak. The Grosbeak, however, is much more 

 abundant in the second growth near the hemlock forest, where 

 the rich song of the male was constantly in our ears. In one 

 tree we actually counted seven males in full song. This should 

 suffice to show their abundance. 



The Robin and Bluebird were in their usual numbers, and in 

 the woodland the ^^'ood Thrush upheld the reputation of his 

 family, while overhead the White-bellied Nuthatch "yanked" 

 the grubs from the dead wood for a family of seven young 

 arranged over a surface of bark about two feet square. 



The chief disappointment of the trips was the absence of the 

 Hermit and Wilson's Thrushes, which seems unaccountable. 

 I noted both rarely in 1905, but as I saw neither of them last 

 June I do not feel justified in giving them as breeders. Our 

 complete list of breeding birds numbered ninety-four species, all 

 positively identified, with the exception of the Raven. 



