Plate II. 
TURD US MUSTELIfll US-Wood Thrush. 
The Wood Thrush arrives in Central Ohio about- the middle of April, and nidification begins as 
early as the last week in May : from this time until July, nests with fresh eggs may be found. The 
late nests either belong to birds that are raising a second brood, or to those that have had their earlier 
hopes destroyed by accident. 
LOCALITY: 
The scraggy haws, stunted elms, or other low trees, in damp thick woods, furnish their favorite nest- 
ing places, but occasionally these are deserted for the more cultivated fields and shrubs, such as orchards 
and ornamental trees, in gardens ox - along the roadside. 
POSITION : 
The nest is either saddled upon a horizontal branch or placed in a fork. It is never far above the 
ground, and is usually within easy reach. 
MATERIALS : 
The foundation consists of old leaves in greater or lesser quantities; occasionally, however, they are 
entirely absent, coai’se grasses supplying their place. 
The bulk of the nest is composed of dried grasses, weed stems, fibres and rootlets, l’arely sticks and 
moss. These are firmly held in position by a plastering, composed of bits of rotten wood, fibres and 
mud; frequently the wood is in such minute pieces and incorporated so thoroughly with the mud that 
the plastering has the appearance of a coarse piece of wrapping paper. When dry it has very little 
strength, and crumbles under slight pressure into fine powder. 
This “mud” is sparingly used, just enough being employed to give foi’m and solidity to the 
structure. The lining is artistically done, with dark pinkish-brown or blackish rootlets and leaf stems, 
sometimes a few horse hairs. The plastering may be completely concealed, by this covering, but usually 
it is distinctly visible. The lining is thickest at the bottom and top, and extends over the rim and 
down the outside a quarter of an inch or more. The nest as a whole is neat and handsome, and 
measures, inside diameter, from two and three-fourths to three and one-half inches ; inside depth, one 
and one-half to two and one-half inches. 
EGGS: 
The number of each set is from three to five. Oviposition begins in from one to six days after 
the completion of the nest. Authorities state that the eggs are deposited daily, but according to our 
observation there is no regularity in the matter, the eggs may be deposited every day, or only one 
in every three or four days; the temperature of the atmosphere has probably much influence. 
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