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Hushing the bird from a low bush. It was a set of four 

 Brown Thrasher, which is the first I have ever found in 

 this locality. They are too common to collections to 

 need description. 



We reached iteme after a five hours jaunt, very well 

 satisfied with the results, it being one of the most suc- 

 cessful short trips made by me in the season of 1880, 

 when it occured, as I had very little time to devote that 

 year. — For the Loon. 



Biddeford, Me. 



Nesting of the Tufted Titmouse. 

 By W. F. Lewis. 



About the first of May, 1888, while strolling through 

 an orchard near Martins Ferry, 0., I saw a female Tuft- 

 ed Titmouse fly into a cavity in the crotch of an apple 

 tree. I secreted myself to watch. She soon came out 

 again and flew away. After a short time she came back 

 with some moss in her bill, this time accompanied by the 

 male bird. 



As soon as she again came out and the pair flew away 

 in search of more nesting material, I went to the hole 

 and peeped in and saw a nest almost completed. 



On the 10th. of May I again visited the place and 

 found the bird on the nest. She hissed and snapped her 



