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Spring & early summer.
Concord, Mass.
1913.

3. Swainson's Thrush. One seen by Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter] in Fairyland May 17 [May 17, 1913].
I saw one at the Farm on the 19th [May 19, 1913] and two on the 25th [May 25, 1913].

4. Hermit Thrush. It is evident that this species has not
as yet recovered from the heavy losses it must have suffered
in the South during the winter of 1911-1912, for I did
not note a single north-bound migrant this spring
although keeping close watch of the more favorable places.
We had a breeding pair, however, in Birch Field where
I first heard the [male] singing at 5 P.M. on May 1 [May 1, 1913]. After
that he was heard at frequent intervals up to June 24 [June 24, 1913].
Late in the afternoon of May 21 [May 21, 1913] I heard both him 
and his mate answering one another with the
whining call. In or near Fairyland S. O. Dexter heard
a Hermit singing on May 8 [May 8, 1913] and two on the 17th [May 17, 1913].
Our Birch Field bird was but one indifferent singer.
I did not visit the breeding grounds near Everett Mason's this year.