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made by two birds successively. The first 

 came on May 7, and the second on May 13 ; 

 each bird remained but one day. The fol- 

 lowing year, 1907, two birds were present 

 on May 10 and were seen in the morn- 

 ing in company with hermit and Wilson's 

 thrushes. In the late afternoon my sister, 

 Miss Mary A. Wright, and Miss Isabel P. 

 George heard one of these Wood Thrushes 

 sing beautifully its evening song. Another 

 bird appeared on May 13 and remained 

 during four days. 



These Wood Thrushes have kept rather 

 more in the seclusion of the shrubs than 

 the other thrushes which visit the Gar- 

 den have done, and they have shown them- 

 selves less on the ground than they. No 

 individuals were seen in the season of 1908. 



no. WILSON'S THRUSH 



Hylocichla juscescens 



The Veery, or Wilson's Thrush, is a reg- 

 ular visitant to the Garden. In 1906 only 

 one bird was noted, which appeared as late 

 as May 23. But usually several birds come 



