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NEWNESS OF THE FIELD. Contin. 



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HERMIT THRUSH. 



WOOD THRUSH. 





See. Index, Sully, J. 



" I have corrected the proof-sheets of Bluebird and 

 Eobin, and they look much more interesting than I 

 thought they would. When I compare my work with 

 any that I have seen, I confess to you privately that 

 I cannot help feeling a little proud. It was quite excit- 

 ing to see my thoughts up in secluded Dorset in print, 

 these and the notes of birds that have been so long 

 neglected. It gave me a new feeling; I had actually 

 done something. Why, sir, it is astonishing to read the 

 childish writing about the music of the birds. And the 

 one man who has done the most in the way of putting 

 bird music on paper is often wide of the mark." c., S. P., 

 in a letter dated May, 1889. 



The reference here is to the author of "Birds and 

 Seasons of New England," now published under title, 

 "A Year with the Birds." 



