Gal eo scop tes carol Inons is . 



Concord, Llass. Singing in old nest. 



1899. Hearing a Catbird singing this morning in a thiclcejt very 



not 



lulay 13. near me I V7as surprised that I could^see it for the foliage 



was raerely a thin veil through which the eye penetrated easi- 

 ly in every direction. At length I discovered the bird 

 crouched in a. last year ' s nest where it liept moving around 

 ver^v'- slowly singing steadily and loudly all the while. I did 

 not see its mate. 



Eastern Iviassachusetts , Concord. 



1239. On Deo. 2nd my assistant 



Dooon'oer . tlio rushes along the river 

 Hill, Concord. The bird was 



£i few yards of it 3(3eing the 

 tl(;r tail coverts distinctly. 



R. A. Gilbert found a Catbird in 

 path near the cabin at Ball's 

 very tame and Gilbert got within 

 blaclcish cap and tlie rufous un- 



