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and the hobble bush, wild pear, and arbutus cast upon the 

 gentle breezes, the delicate, sweet odors that go to make up 

 the bewitching, elusive essence of a spring day, even yet the 

 ground is sometimes frozen in the morning, and there are 

 occasional flurries of hail and snow, and heavy white frosts. 

 The Veery ( Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens) is but lo- 

 cally common, choosing the swales and adjoining thickets for 

 his habitat, but wherever there is an estate with wooded 

 grounds, or a farm with pastures and woodlands, here the 

 Olive-backed Thrush and the Hermit erect their dwelling- 

 places. 



Summary of Facts. 



1908 — June 8, a nest completed; June 8, bird lining nest; 

 June 9, bird incubating; June 19, nest completed; July 2, nest 

 containing young ready to leave ; July 3, bird incubating ; July 

 8, nest containing young one day old ; September 6, Olive- 

 backed eating string cherries. 



1909 — May 31, Olive-backed calling; June 13, bird lining 

 nest; June 15, nest containing one egg; July 4, bird lining 

 nest ; July 5, bird incubating three eggs ; July 24, bird in 

 full song. 



1910 — May 27, bird in song; July 5, nest of three young 

 five days old ; July 7, nest of three young seven days old ; July 

 26, last heard in song; August 21, last seen. 



1911 — May 15, first heard calling; May 26, in song; July 

 8. last heard in song. 



1912 — May 19, bird calling; May 2, in song; June 9, bird 

 building ; June 10, bird incubating four eggs ; July 26, last 

 heard in song; September 7, Olive-backed calling. 



1913— May 19, bird calling; May 26, bird in song; June 3, 

 bird incubating ; June 23, bird incubating ; June 29, nest con- 

 taining two eggs, later four; July 31, bird in song; October 

 1, last seen. 



One season the Hermit Thrush is the more common ; he 

 builds in distant woods on the fringes of clearings and open 

 spaces, or he may build in glades in the less frequented thick- 



