PLATE I 

 SONG THRUSH. Turdus musicus 



May 5///, 1896. The nest from which this Plate was taken was in a large 

 rhododendron bush in a garden in Perthshire. I noticed a little piece of moss 

 and some dry grass woven into a fork of a small branch, and returned two 

 days after to see what kind of nest it was. To my surprise I found a 

 Thrush's nest just completed, the inside lining of rotten wood being still quite 

 wet. The old birds soon arrived on the scene, and raised such a commotion 

 that all the birds in the garden came round to see what was the matter. Four 

 days afterwards there were three eggs in the nest, and I took a photograph 

 of it. As before, the old birds kept near me all the time, scolding vigor- 

 ously, and were aided by most of the cock Chaffinches in the neighbour- 

 hood. 



I noticed on my last visit that there were several small pieces of 

 white birch bark in the lining of the nest, which had appeared since the eggs 

 were laid, so I presume that the lining had been added to. 



