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Turdus, ,a . bictoielli . 



1894. ilew Hampsliire. 

 June 22. Breezy Point, Warren. 



Thrusli noyortheless. On disseoting her afterv/ards I found that she 

 had laid all her eggs although the set comprised iDut three. One 

 was perfectly fresh, another had the yolk slightly streaked with 

 blood. T in the third an embryo had already begmn to form. This 

 would indicate th4.t the bird began sitting as soon as the first egg 

 was laid — a necessary precaution, doubtless on this cold, exposed 

 moiintain summit. 



The nest was built in a balsam about foixr feet from the top 

 and nine feet above the groimd on a short horizontal branch five 

 inches out from the main stem. It was in no way concealed and 

 could be seen from a distance of several rods on every side. We 

 neither saw nor heard anything of the male bird d'uring this second 

 visit. On the I6th he was singing about 20 yards from the nest-. 

 The woods were composed wholly of balsams with a mixture of yellow 

 birches. 



Along the upper edge of the belt where the wind has an un»» 

 obstructed sweep over the crest of the ridge the trees were stunted 

 and matted togetherj but those about the nest were twelve to fifteen 

 feet in height and of nearly normal habit although if, as is possi^ 

 ble, they were of considerable age, they were of course vory much 

 dwarfed. We could find no spruces in these woods they do not 

 appear, indeed^i until several JStuat^red feet lower down. Later in 

 the day—after it^nQhing at the cold spring where we were^ attacked 



