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Doctor, " unless it is because lie builds his nest higher 

 up in trees thiin most of his Thrush kin. 1 am ver}' 

 glad you have had a chance to hear and see him at the 

 same time ; for he is one of the home birds you must 

 make a place for in your very inside heart, witli the 

 iiluebird and Ro])in, though he 

 does not return from his 

 winter outing until 

 after these two have 

 Ijegun nesting. 



" When he comes 

 we are sure not 

 only that it is 

 Spring, but that 

 Spring is in a pleas- 

 ant, good-natured 

 mood — that she 

 is tlirougli 

 Willi iUt 

 tempers 

 and 

 crying 



fits she suffers from in 

 Marcli and April, and 

 is kissing the buds of 

 the early blossoms of 

 ]\Iay, coaxing them to open their eyes. When you see 

 the first Wood Thrush hopping among last gear's leaves, 

 you may look for jack-in-the-pulpit's pointed nose and 

 green and purple hood. 



"As soon as this Thrush makes up his mind to settle 

 in a certain place, he calls a mate to him \\\i\\ his thrill- 



WooD Thrush. 



