Turdus a.bicKnelll. 



Breezy Point, 7/arren, H.II. 



Nest and eggs. 



1894. At about 11 A.M, we started doTni the ridge (v/e, P,v7. 



Jvoae 22. Satchel der, W.Faxon and I ). Hear the point where the road 



leaves it and descends to the cold spring (we vvere on the top 

 of Mt .Moosilauke ) I had foiind, on the loth, a newly finished 

 but empty nest which there seemed every reason for believing 

 to be that of Bicknell's Thrush as two birds of that subspe- 

 cies, a raale and female apparently, were seen near it. The 

 male was singing steadily; the female flitted about among tho^ 

 squawhing and showing evident concern when we approached the 

 nest . 



When we reached the place to-day the birds were silent 

 and invisible but as soon as we came witiiin sight of the nest 

 (it was some 50 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 malie out her head markings dis- 

 tinctly at a distance of about 20 yards. V/e then cautiously 

 advanced to within ten yards and looked again long and steadi- 

 ly. The bird sat almost perfectly motionless her tail pointy 

 ing slightly upward, her head raised rather high with the 

 right cheek turned towards us C'^^) regarding us steadily 

 with her large, liquid eye which she occasionally winked ab- 

 ruptly. 7/e could see that the space around the eye was 



