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Thrush. The eggs are smaller and more pointed than any eggs of the Olive- 

 back that I have taken and have much smaller and finer markings. The 

 nest is very large and bulky for a bird of this size, being composed of very 

 coarse twigs lined with green sphagnum moss and fine black rootlets. The 

 only other birds seen in the immediate vicinity were the Black-poll War- 

 blers, which were abundant, and a single Hudsonian Chickadee. 



A terrific thunder shower put an end to our efforts very soon after find- 

 ing this nest, from which we were glad to take shelter in the " Hut," a small 

 stone building erected by the Appalachian Club as a refuge for travelers who 

 are caught in a storm or overtaken by darkness on this bleak and barren 

 mountain top. After an hour the storm abated but clouds had enveloped 

 the whole country, and as rain-soaked clothing and a cold north wind are 

 quite depressing even to an ornithologist's zeal, we decided to seek the lower 

 regions and await a more convenient season, well satisfied with the result of 

 our first trip after Bicknell Thrush. 



P. B. Spaulding. 



The Bluebird's Song 



[THOUGHT the cold would never go, 

 For snow was added unto snow, 

 With gloomy sky, and never sign 

 Of red along the sunset line. 



But when I heard the Bluebirds sing', 

 I knew it was of coming spring, 

 And though the sky was cold and pale, 

 I knew their wisdom would not fail. 



Frank H. Sweet. 



