A DROLL PERFORMANCE. 129 



It was very droll, as well as exceedingly in- 

 teresting, and I hope some day to study further 

 this unfamiliar side of the thrush nature. 



After my unsuccessful attempt to disarm the 

 fears and susj^icions of the meadow-nesting 

 thrushes, we left the little family to its much 

 loved solitude, and in a day or two the whole 

 nestful departed. 



