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only the deep woods, this is by no means true of the Wood Thrush 

 of the locaUty, where these observations were made. A quiet 

 college town with its shaded streets and lawns and a well wooded 

 campus, seems to have attracted the Wood Thrush in numbers. 

 And they are to be found nesting in the trees about this quite as 

 frequently as on the campus, itself. 



The particular nest which came under our study, was lo- 

 cated in the top of a small maple tree. It had been built about 

 four weeks previous to the date of observation, which was June 

 8, 1907 ; so the young birds must have been from twelve to four- 

 teen days old. Except a little annoyance at first, the birds paid 

 no attention to their observers. 



Table Shoz^'ing Xiiinber and Frequency of Feedings of Young of 



Wood Thrush. 



The first feeding trip to the nest was made at 4:10 in the 

 morning. From this time until 5 :40 in the evening, the time of 

 the last feeding, 119 visits were made to the nest, or on an average 

 of one every 6.8 minutes. The period of greatest activity was 

 from 4 until 8 in the morning, when the interval between trips 

 averaged 5.8 minutes. The longest period between trips was 

 34 minutes, this occurring late in the evening, however. Fre- 

 quently the intervals between trips was only a minute. Fifteen 

 times during the day, were parents observed feeding themselves. 

 The female bathed early in the morning and again early in the 

 afternoon. The male took his bath shortly after the female 

 had bathed in the morning. The parent birds procured most of 

 their food in the grass or at the side of the road, close bv. No 



