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probable that extendied examination oi the woods .aromid 

 Estey's Pond, and the woods between it and the Station., would 

 show numbers of these birds as naaking their habitations m 

 the places suggested. A nest with full complement of eggs is 

 shown in Plate III. figure 1. 



WILLOW THRUSH, Turdus fuscescens salicicola (Ridgw.) 



It appears that the willow thmsh is not abunidant in 

 the Flathead region during the nesting season. One nest 

 was taken, but diligent search in the vicinity of the site, and in 

 favorable localities failed to reveal another nest, or even another 

 specimen of this subspecies. 



The nest was found on the morning of June 29. It was sit- 

 uated among the stemsi of a clump of willow saplings, and its 

 exposed position indicated that there had been little or no in- 

 stinct of concealment in the sielection of the site. The sitting 

 bird was startled from the nest, though not until the observer 

 was within six feet of her. As there were then only three 

 eggs in the nest, and the fuU complement was extremely de- 

 sirable, the nest was left undisturbed. The female mean- 

 while, had flitted to adjacent shi-ubbery, and occasionally ap- 

 peared momentarily to take a look at the movements 

 of her disturber, quickly flitting back from sight.. 



Visiting the place on the next morning, June 30, I foimd 

 the nest as I had left it on the preceding day, with, only its 

 three eggs. The female at this time was less disposed to show 

 herself beyond the covert, but at length I was able to secure her 

 for positive identification. 



The nest was built upon the ground, being exposed on all 

 sides for its full height, which was three and one-half inches 

 in situ. It was founded on coarse grass stems, which also 

 formed an external wall for most of its height. The main walls 

 are constructed of strips of fibrous baxk, weed-stems, and por- 

 tions of delicate dried leaves. The fabric is lined with soft 

 bark and fine grasses, all of a dark brownish color. The rim 

 cavity is elliptical, its axes being two and three-fourths inches 

 and two and three-eighths inches. The cavity is two inches 

 deep. The three eggs were far advanced in incubation. One of 

 the eggs is greenish blue, unmarked; the others have faint 

 specks of pale brownish color, barely definable, upon the green- 

 ish blue ground. 



The nest of the willow thrush was taken in the bushy re- 



