Turdus mustellnus. 



1892. Mass . 



July 20. Gp ncprd.- belief that he was really producing melodious sounds? Concert 



(NO. I- It occurred to me that possibly he night "be deaf and like deaf _of Wood 



2-S»-'$4 mutes of our own species incapable alike of appreciating or cor- Thrushes. 



recting the painful discords of his voice. Certainly the case 



was one of the most extreme of its kind that has ever come under 



my notice. Clark's woods evidently form about the centre of 



distribution of a colony of V/ood Thrushes larger than I have 



hitherto found in any part of Middlesex County. I heard in all 



are 



to-night no less than seven singers and there^to my certain 

 knowledge nearly as many more to the east of the Estabrook road. 

 Indeed I have little doubt that upwards of twenty could be heard 

 within this region in a single evening by a rapid walker who was 

 familiar with the ground. 



July 2 0Conc , or , d .- The air was cool and there was no wind. I could hear . W - Po A 



Wood Thrushes in every direction and now and then a Tanager or Thrushes. 

 Cat bird. All these species were singing at 7.45 when the first 

 Whippoorwill began and one of the Wood Thrushes continued just 

 twelve minutes later closing the concert of d,ay birds at 7.57. 



July 21 . Concord . -In Clarke's woods the concert of Wood Thrushes was even 

 finer than last night's for on this occasion there were fou r 

 birds singing at once. There was also a Tanager in full song 

 but nothin /;: else . The singing season is evidently fast drawing 

 to a close. 



