IX. 



THE BIRDS OF PRINCETON. 



PRINCETON, June 20, 1889. 

 MY DEAR MR. EDITOR, Having passed 

 the last few days in the Worcester County 

 hill town of Princeton, I have been tempted 

 to send you this letter on the birds I have 

 heard sing here at this season of the year, 

 when nearly all our wild birds sing at their 

 best. I am particularly prompted to do 

 this, as it will give me an opportunity to 

 inform local ornithologists that the hermit- 

 thrush, a bird well known for the beauty 

 of its song throughout the White Moun- 

 tains and the more northern districts of 

 Maine, is to be found breeding and sing- 

 ing on our own Wachusett. 



