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almo I v.itlim reach Once he flew by my head o clo e thai I could hear 

 the buzzing of her wings, She continued to fly around me as long a I 

 remained in the vicinity oi the ne ' 'I be other pan nl bird appeared 

 much alarmed too, l<ut never ventured nearer than fifteen feet. Both 

 bird kept up a conl inual colding 



oung had left the nest o quickly that 1 was unable to count them 

 hut I thoughl thai five bird lefl the nest, which, with the one remaining 

 in the nest would make the total of six. Tin eem to be in keeping with 

 other record i which have been published. 



After examining the ne I I went back to my ob erving poinl and 

 t.. ee what would be done aboul the young bird left in the nest. One of 

 i!i<- parent birds returned twice bul would nol go inside. I found one ol 

 the birds which had lefl thene t and the parent became very much alarmed 

 when I tried to catch il . 



The entrance to the nesl wa six feet above the ground: il wastwoand 

 a hah inche long and three quarters of an inch wide, [t was so narrow 

 thai il wa impo tible for tli<- parent birds to v<> into the ne il in a natural 

 manner; they invariably entered and lefl 'Ik- nesl head firsl with the 

 toward the stem of the tree. In .-ill pints neither bird ever flew 

 directly to the nesting tree alwaj going fir I to the hemlock above referred 

 to 



The i ■• cured to the bark rather than to the stem of the tree bul 



in loosening the bark I noticed everal silk like threads leading from the 

 ne ' to the tem of the tree On the detached ne I the« I o little 

 balls of 'liirk gray material, probably from the cocoon of some caterpillar. 

 The nesl is formed principalis oi twigs of the fir, these being used to make 

 the foundation of the nesl where the bark i somedi tancefrom the stem. 

 I lined with pieces of birch bark and the inner bark of the fir. The rim 

 of the m it ha the u ual ere cenl shape, the horns being two niches and a 

 quarter higher than the rim of the nesl proper. The depth of nesl oul ide 

 i even inch< in ide two inches, outer diameter six inches, inner diametei 

 three incl I thickne ol n< I 'lower or foundation part) i two 



inches. The ne ting rite is aboul one and one half miles from the ocean 

 and al an altitude ol aboul forty-five feet. This is the firsl record of 

 ili<- breeding "I the bird in this vicinity. 



The only call I heard was the " tseel " usually heard when the birdi are 

 flying from one tree to another. This call was almosl invariabl) g 

 when the birds were coming to the nest. Several time l ■• one of the 

 birds alight on the hemlock tree near the nest, and with wing* aquiver 

 give the ame call It manner and appearance then were those of a well 

 grow^i young bird calling for food.- I Ralph Meter, Lieut, i 8. A ., 

 i McKinley, Portland, Mi 



Bicknell's Thrush in Franconia Notch, N. H. La I urnmer 

 (1912) a friend and myself found a thriving colony of Bicknell's Thrush 

 (Hylodchla alieia bickneUi) on Mt. Pemigewasset, New Hampshire, al an 



