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lined with mud and grass; when at a distance from man, the 
twine and other materials which may be picked up around build- 
ings are omitted, and the nest is built of grass, rootlets and weed- 
stalks. I have never found a nest that did not contain the mud 
lining, though it differs in thickness in different nests. The lin- 
ing is generally of grass blades though, in the woods. I have 
seen the nest lined with pine needles. . 
The bird begins breeding in this locality about April, and two, 
- sometimes three broods are reared during a season. The eggs 
are three or four, rarely more; blue. 
Catbird. In this vicinity the nests are seldom found anywhere 
except in thorn-bushes ; sometimes are placed in thick clumps of 
berry-bushes, but not often. The nest is generally from four to 
six feet from the ground, but I have found one nest two feet from 
the ground, and another fifteen feet from the ground in an iron- 
wood tree. The nest is usually composed of coarse twigs, strips 
of bark and weeds, lined with rootlets. 
The eggs are four in number ; I have found five—dark greenish- 
blue. The earliest nest I have found in this vicinity was taken 
May 20, 1887. By the end of May nests are common. I believe 
two broods are raised during the season. 
Brown Thrasher, nests on the ground or in a brush-pile. Nest 
composed of grass, weed-stalks and leaves, and lined with root- 
lets. The eggs are four or five, light bluish-green, speckled with 
brown all over. I believe but one brood is raised during a season. 
kKEPcRT OF FRED W. CURTIS, Wauwatosa, Wis. 
Robin, Werula migratoria. 
First were found March 9, two birds seen; next seen March 
12; became common March 15. Frequents the vicinity of dwel- 
lings, groves and orchards. May 3a set of 3 eggs taken, incu- 
bation advanced. Measurements: 1.08x.78 ; 1.10x.80; 1.06x.78. 
Color, a uniform blue. 
Nest composed of grass, straw and roots, lined with dry grass 
and plastered with mud, and placed 8 feet from the ground in a_ 
maple. Nests were found containing from three to five eggs. 
Eggs were found as late as July 1, A nest examined July zo 
contained young birds, about one-third grown. 
