Breezy Point, Warren, N. H (third trip up Mt. Moosilauke)
1894
June 22
(No. 2)   
about among the trees squawking and showing evident concern
when we approached the nest.
  When we reached the place to-day [delete]there was neither sight[/delete] the birds were silent
[delete]nor sound of the birds[/delete] and invisible but as soon as we came within
sight of the nest (it was some 30 yards from the road near the
middle of the belt of trees) we at once, to our great delight, saw
the head and tail of the sitting female projecting above its rim.
Through our glasses we could make out her head markings
distinctly at a distance of about 20 yards. We then cautiously 
advanced to within two yards and looked again long & steadily.
The bird sat almost perfectly motionless her tail pointing
slightly upward, her head raised rather high with the right
cheek turned towards us ([illus]), regarding us steadily with her large,
liquid eye which she occasionally winked abruptly. We could
see that the space around the eye was wholly dark and
free from buffy but there appeared to be one small buffy
spot well behind the eye on the auriculars. Again we
advanced to a small dead [delete]tree[/delete] stub which we afterwards 
ascertained by actual measurement was just nine feet
from the tree in which the nest was placed. Although the
nest was nine feet above the ground the slope of the
mountain side was so steep that our faces were now just
level with the sitting bird. As no foliage or twigs intervened
we could study her through our glasses quite as critically 
as if we had held her in our hands and we satisfied
ourselves beyond the remotest shadow of doubt that she
was a true Bicknell's Thrush. After we had looked as
long as we cared to I stepped down beneath her and
muzzle of my collecting pistol. Even this failed to start
her and it was not until I shook the tree gently that