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YOUNG THRUSHES. 



practically unoccupied territory, including 

 meadow and field and terminating in a 

 strip of woodland along the Desplaines 

 river. Being a little removed from the 

 straggling suburban residences thi ° meadow 



and woodland are favorite resorts for birds. 

 In the latter part of February, 1901, the 

 first robins appeared in a clump of trees in 

 the meadow, and about the first of March 

 a oair of song sparrows and a pair of 



YOUNG CUCKOOS IN NEST ON HAWTHORN BRANCH. 



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