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Waverly, iviass. 



Tills afternoon in the grove by the Waverly Hospital^besldes 

 three Robins »-there was a dear Hermit Thrush; -the first one I ever 

 fo-und in winter 



Walter Faxon (letter January 12, I89I). 



Hoffmann visited my Hermit Thrush ground later in the month 

 and found twa there, feeding on the privet berries. It is the same 

 spot Where I saw one last winter in Ja^mary. It I00I.B as if the 

 Hermit. s presence here in winter was hardly an accident. Did you 

 imow that Bolles saw one last month in Cambridge? 



Walter Paxon (letter March 3, 1892). 



