168 WAKE-ROBIN 
all we had undergone. It was the first thing in 
order, — the worms were safe till after this morning 
chorus. I judged that the birds roosted but a few 
feet from the ground. In fact, a bird in all cases 
roosts where it builds, and the wood thrush occu- 
pies, as it were, the first story of the woods. 
There is something singular about the distribu- 
tion of the wood thrushes. At an earlier stage of 
my observations I should have been much surprised 
at finding it in these woods. Indeed, I had stated 
in print on two occasions that the wood thrush was , 
not found in the higher lands of the Catskills, but | 
that the hermit thrush and the veery, or Wilson’s | 
thrush, were common. It turns out that this state- 
ment is only half true. The wood thrush is found 
also, but is much more rare and secluded in its hab- 
its than either of the others, being seen only during 
the breeding season on remote mountains, and then 
only on their eastern and southern slopes. I have 
never yet in this region found the bird spending 
the season in the near and familiar woods, which is 
directly contrary to observations I have made in 
other parts of the State. So different are the hab- 
its of birds in different localities. 
As soon as it was fairly light we were up and 
ready to resume our march. A small bit of bread-! 
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and-butter and a swallow or two of whiskey was all, 
we had for breakfast that morning. Our supply of \ 
each was very limited, and we were anxious to save 
a little of both, to relieve the diet of trout to which 
we looked forward. 
