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erably firm brim of circularly disposed fibers. This Gros- 

 beak, gene rally lays three or four eggs of a light, rather 

 pale green color, speckled with dull reddish-brown. 



Going on a little farther I came to a low damp piece 

 of ground covered with bushes and small trees. Situated 

 in a low tree, I found a nest of the Wood Thrush. It 

 was composed of alternate layers of leaves, grasses and 

 mud, lined with line grass. Tiie Wood Thrush lays from 

 four to five eggs of a greenish blue color. 



The nest of the Black-billed Cuckoo was found in a low- 

 tree. It was a loose structure of twigs, a mere platform, 

 but sometimes they are better finished with leaves and 

 strips of bark. They lay from three to five eggs of a 

 greenish color. 



Drumming of the Ruffed Grouse. 



[American Field. 1888.] 



Dysart, Pa. 

 Editor American Field: — Having been a constant read- 

 er of your valuable paper for some time, I could not help 

 noticing the differences of opinion as to the mode by 

 which the ruffed grouse produces his peculiar drumming 

 sound. As a sportsman, I can safely say that your corre- 

 spondent, Koxey Newton, is completely wrong. I crept 

 up where one was drumming, and, as I was only five paces 



