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here, seen oftener in the winter, as it then gathers around the 

 houses in search of food. In the Spring it takes to the deep 

 woods to rear its young, and we see very few until in August, 

 when they begin to come back to the orchards in search of the 

 insects found there, which constitute the chief part of their bill 

 of fare. Insects, however, do not form its entire diet, tor I dis- 

 sected one in June, 1886, whose stomach contained seeds, besides 

 the remains of many unfortunate insects. And in January, the 

 same year, I caught two in a trap baited with bread. I also 

 caught a Chickadee. In fact, almost any thing one can say of 

 the Tufted Titmouse is equally true of either the Black-capped 

 or Carolina Chickadee (known as Crickadoo by some boys,) both 

 of which are found here, the latter being most common. The 

 nest is composed of grass, fine leaves, etc., and placed in a cavity 

 in a tree, usually a natural cavity, sometimes excavated by the 

 bird. The usual height of the nest is from ten to twenty feet. 

 I know, however, of one in a deserted Downy Woodpecker's 

 hole, at least fifty feet high, in a beech tree. The eggs are 

 white, speckled with lilac and red, particularly at the larger end. 

 Davie gives the measurement as .72x.54. The number of eggs is 

 given by various writers as from five up to eight or even ten. 

 A set may consist of less, however, for I found a nest May 12, 

 1888, containing four young about half fledged. 



I will take the Wood Thrush and Bluebird from the last fam- 

 ily on the lift, the Twrdidw. 



The Wood Thrush is a common summer visitant, arriving 

 early in March. It is essentially a bird of the woods, frequent-, 

 ing especially a grove of trees through which a small stream 

 runs, and is generally very commonjalong the sloughs and bay- 

 ous that intersect the bottoms. After listening to the delicious 

 music to which this bird treats us in the cool of the morning, we 

 would expect to find it building a very delicate and artistic 

 nest. Such, however, is-not the case. The nest is made of mud, 

 covered with a few dry leaves and lined with fine twigs and per- 



