Turdus a. ^iclvnelli . 

 Breezy Point, Warren, N.II. West and eggs. 



1894. wholly darX and free frora toiiffy but there appeared to be one 

 June 22. siaall buffy spot well behind the eye on the auriculars. Again 

 (No.2). we advanced to a small dead stub vYhich as we afterwards ascer- 

 tained by actual raeasurenent was just nine feet from the tree 



in which the nest was plaeed. Although the nest v/as nine feet 

 above the 



ground the slope of the moiintain side was so steep that our 



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faces wore now just level with the sitting bird. As no foli- 

 age or twigs intervened we could study her through our glasses 

 quite as critically as if v/e had held her in our hands axid we 

 satisfied ourselves beyond the remotest shadow of doubt that 

 she was a true Bicloiell's Thrush. After we had looked as long 

 as we cared to I stepped down beneath her and reaching up 

 tapped the twigs about the nest with the muzzle of my collect- 

 ing pistol. Even this failed to start her and it was not un- 

 til I shooh the tree gently that she finally left the nest. 

 She flew first to a dead tree some ten yards off, gave her 

 plumage a shake and then disappeared among the dense evergreens. 

 For several minutes we did not see her again but at length 

 she appeared above and behind us taking short flights from 

 branch to branch, approaching us closely when we remained mo-, 

 tionless, retreating when we stirred. Dviring most of this 

 time she kept perfectly silent but twice or thrice she uttered 

 a sviGcession of low, anxious calls. One of these was the 



