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third bird was seen on the bare rocks nearer 

 the summit. Although wild he was examined 

 in a good light at a moderate distance with 

 8-power binoculars. The sides of the breast 

 were very light and showed no buff. The 

 call-notes were the same as those of the two 

 birds seen lower down. The writer is well 

 acquainted with our other Thrushes and has 

 seen the Bicknell's during migration. In this 

 case there was an excellent opportunity to 

 compare the call-notes of this Thrush with 

 those of the Hermit and Olive-backed. 

 Both Mr. Pope and the writer believe the 

 bird to be Bicknell's Thrush. 



and the songs of White-throated Sparrows 

 and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers. Apparently 

 the song season was over at these high alti- 

 tudes. The thickness of the scrub made it 

 impossible to locate the birds unless they 

 were calling. In 1922 the writer hopes to 

 make a trip to this region earlier in the 

 season. — Edward H. Pekkins, Colby College, 

 Wakrville, Maine. 



A Robin's Nest 

 The Robin shown in this picture is one of 

 a pair that tried to build their first nest 

 where this one is placed. After they had 



ROBIN AT N'EST 

 Photographed by R. H. Jacobs, Brocktoa, Mass. 



On August I, Mr. Pope and the writer 

 climbed the mountain again, this time ac- 

 companied by Dr. Glover S. Allen of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History. Two 

 nights were spent camping on the mountain. 

 The weather was cold and part of the time 

 very windy. We saw or heard nothing of 

 Bicknell's or any other Thrush on the moun- 

 tain top. Even the Olive-backs of the lower 

 forest were silent. The only bird-notes heard 

 were the calls of Kinglets, Siskins, Juncos, 

 Myrtle Warblers, and Broad-winged Hawks 



been working two days, a wind-storm de- 

 stroyed the results of their labors and they 

 went to another tree and built a new nest. 

 Meanwhile, I put up the shelter which is seen 

 in the picture. After the young ha/1 left the 

 first nest, the birds came back to the exact 

 spot where they had suffered disaster and 

 built a nest for the second brood within a 

 foot of the shelter. The photograph was 

 made July i, and the following day the 

 young were pushed from the nest. — J. R. W. 

 Jacobs, Brockton, Mass. 



