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1894. IJovT Hampsliire 

 J^-me 22. BroGzy Point, Warren. 



Hoar tlie point where the road leaves the ridge and descends to 

 the cold spring I had fomd on the I6th, a newly finished but empty- 

 nest which there seemed every reason for believing to be that of 

 Bictoiell^s Thrush as two birds of this subspecies, a male and 

 female apparently, wererseen near it. The male was singing steadi« 

 ly; the female flitted about among the trees squawking 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 in sight of the nest (it was some 

 50 yards from the road near the middle pf 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 make 

 out her head marlvings distinctly at a distance of about 20 yards 

 We then cautiously advanced to within ten yards and looked again 

 long and steadilyi^^ Tlie bird sat almost pes*feet-ly motionless her 

 tail pointing slightly upward, her head raised rather high with the 

 right cheek turned towards usy( } regarding us steadily with her 

 large, liquid eye which she occasionally winked abruptly. We could 

 see that the space around the eye was v;holly da^k and free from 

 buffy but there appeared to be one small buffy spot well behind the 

 eye on the auricularsv Again we advanced to a small dead stub 

 which as we afterwards ascertained by actual measurement was just 

 nine feet from the tree in which the ti0ai was placed, Althoiigh the 



