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THE BROWN THRUSHES: 
has succeeded in making her a model hus- 
band.’’ 
At 'the expiration of the first week, the 
^period allotted by birds of any position in 
society, as a sort of wedding week, corre- 
sponding to the honeymoon, or month among 
humans, it was time to look about for a suit- 
able spot for a house, for the Thrushes are fas- 
tidious in their ideas about housekeeping, and 
seldom will occupy a tenement that they do 
not themselves build. 
Some little time was spent in the selection 
of *a site, for there are many things to be 
taken into consideration, even in the choice of 
a nesting-place, and it is not every spot that 
will do ; but finally, it was decided to build in 
a grove of young birches, in almost the same 
locality that Brown was reared in, the pre- 
ceding season. 
The Brown Thrushes are somewhat variable 
in their choice of a nesting-place, some indi- 
viduals building their tenements in the fork of 
a low tree, others putting it in an alder, or 
juniper bush, whilst most of them prefer to 
