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mountain. This visit was paid in early April, and at that time I found 

 a pair of these Thrushes (?) had chosen the ravine as a summer home. 

 After a few minutes search among the rocks I found the great bulky- 

 nest of green moss and mud upon the bare face of an overhanging 

 rock. The nest was wet with the spray from the ever roaring stream 

 only a few feet below. This nest has all the appearance of an abnor- 

 mally large Phoebe's nest except that the inner lining is of dried 

 leaves and a few rootlets. The set of partly incubated eggs taken from 

 this nest number four, and are of a white clay color with a purplish 

 tint shading into a wreath around the larger end. The eggs are rather 

 larger than those of a Brown Thrasher. 



NEST IN SITUATION. 



The habits of this bird are peculiar to itself. I have never seen the 

 bird except in close proximity to some of the wilds of nature. The 

 most common retreat is in some mountain gorge where a clear stream 



