AA CiKRiER, Siiimner Birds of Leech Lake. Minn. I Ian 



singing in the whole place. This year we found a small colony along 

 the Shinobie River, May 2~j. Several nests were seen, but only two 

 were occupied. One contained four and the other six delicate white eggs. 



Like T. palustyis^ the males are great singers at their summer homes,^ 

 but the song is less pleasing. In the rank grass and sedge the bird would 

 be singing almost at one''s knees and yet out of sight. Occasionally one 

 would mount to a higher perch to sing, after the manner of the Grass- 

 hopper Sparrow-. 



109. Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. — Scattered 

 in single pairs amongst the cane beds about Minnesota Island. Several 

 nests seen but only one containing eggs. This was on the 2d of June, 

 1902, and there were six fresh eggs in the nest. A great singer with a 

 sweet voice. 



no. Certhia familiaris americanus. Brown Creeper. — One seen 

 and heard in song, May 25, 1903, at the edge of a small lake along the 

 Great Northern Railroad two miles west of Walker. 



111. Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — Several were 

 seen both years, but it cannot be called a common bird about Leech Lake. 



I was rather disappointed in not finding 5. canadensis, as I expected to- 

 meet with it. 



112. Parus atricapillus. Chickadee. — Frequently seen and heard 

 but not abundant. 



113. Hylocichla fuscescens. Wilson's Thrush. — The abundant 

 thrush of the region. 



We saw a great many nests containing three or four eggs, and one 

 containing five. The nests were placed on the ground, in a clump of 

 black alder near the ground where sprouts had shot out from a stump,^ 

 on top of low stumps, or four feet up in shrubbery. When the nests 

 were on the ground thev were fairly well hidden, but several we saw w-ere 

 placed on top of stumps in plain view, and at the side of paths. Many 

 of the eggs had small dots of brown scattered over them, and several were 

 freely freckled. 



114. Hylocichla aliciae. Gray-cheeked Thrush. — \^ery abundant 

 in 1902, from May 26 to 29. None seen after the first of June and none 

 at all in 1903. While they were passing through in 1902 the low, pleas- 

 ant song reached one from dozens of places on all sides. 



115. Hylocichla guttata pallasii. Hermit Thrush.— 7 Rather rare 

 about Walker and more retiring than the Veerv. It seemed to prefer 

 the wilder forests and was very shy. We saw several nests containing 

 three or four eggs each. The nests were on the ground, or a few inches 

 from it, and were exactly like those of H. fuscescens. The eggs also 

 looked alike, those of this species being slightly larger and a shade lighter 

 in color. 



116. Merula migratoria. American Robin. — Common about the 

 settlements and in clearings. Several occupied nests seen about Walker. 



117. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — Several pairs seen about Walker. 

 Thev were nesting in dead stubs about the clearings. 



