within a stone's throw 

 of my door ! This one 

 is in the oaks behind 

 my garden, but the 

 other two are even 

 nearer to houses. One 

 of these is upon the 

 limb of a pear-tree. 

 The tip of this limb 

 rubs against a wood- 

 shed connected with 

 a dwelling. The third 

 nest is in a large ap- 

 ple orchard, in the 

 tree nearest the house, 

 and saddled upon that 

 branch of the tree 

 which reaches farthest 

 toward the dwelling. 

 So close is this nest 

 that I can look out of 

 the garret window 

 directly into it. 



I believe that Ru- 

 by-throat is so far do- 



In a dead yellow birch." 



