Turdus allGiae blclsnelll- .. 



1895. new Hampshire. 

 Jime 5. Breezy Point-Warreny 



Ar 8.20 P.M. evenins cloudy, the inoimtains enveloped in 

 clouds to their bases and invisible-Vne y>find light from the east« 

 the Faxons and I were walking slowly up the road leading from 

 Baker's River high bridge to the hotel when we heard the song of 

 a Bictaiell*s Thrush-. At first we supposed the bird to be in the 

 woods on OMT left (to the south.) and about 100 yds off but 15 

 seconds later the song came with startling distinctness from 

 nearly overhead. Another quarter minute passed and the bird sang 

 a third time in the distance towards the north. We became now 

 convinced that all three songs v;ere given on wing and that the 

 bird was flying (probably high up) directly towards Mt. IvfooseJanXe 

 It must have been migrating at the time and could not have come 

 more than 20 or 30 miles as it had had barely half-an^hour of 

 darioiess. Was it one of the llbosilanke colony on its way to the 

 breeding ground? There was something particularly v/eird and 

 thrilling in the incisive, wing song coming stiiddenly to our ears 

 from the gloomy mist enshrouded slcy that overhung the darli silent 

 ^uWM!^ forest-. Although the song was normal in form there was 

 something in its quality which convinced us all that the bird 

 was flying-,- 



