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an ample and firm-based site. On June 18 I examined a nest of 
the Eobin in a small hemlock tree in the margin of a small open 
fern patch east of the Guest House. The little tree was standing 
alone, and the nest was about four feet from the ground near the 
top of the seven-foot hemlock, on horizontal forks of a radiating 
branch, and about six inches .from the central shaft of the tree. 
A pair of Eobins nested in a medium-sized oak tree near the dining 
cabin of the Guest House. In all localities of the neighborhood 
Eobin music was a pleasant feature of the summer season, particu- 
larly in the morning chorus and in the performances of specially 
gifted songsters after sunset. 
3. Veery ; Wilson’s Thrush. Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens 
( Steph. ) 
The Veery is more common around the lakes of the Kanah- 
wauke group than at Bear Mountain. The swamp shores of the 
ponds afford this retiring bird the covert it desires, and its song 
and call-notes are frequently heard issuing from the thicket. 
Moist depressions in the woods, overgrown with birch and swamp 
fern, are favored resorts of the Veery. East of the Guest House 
the trail around Little Long Pond crosses a small birch-fern 
swamp, and from thence the evening songs of the Veery can be 
heard on the Guest House premises. On July 2 I visited this lit- 
tle swamp, and there the Veery was singing and scolding. An old 
nest was located on a little mossy mound surrounded by swamp 
weeds. The mound was formed by humus or decayed sticks. The 
nest was made of coarse weed stems, dead leaves, and decaying 
swamp litter. It had thick walls buttressed to nearly a foot across 
the foundation, and was lined with soft dead leaves. The mound 
was in open growth of large swamp fern, near the narrowest part 
of sluggish running water in the area. 
4. Wood Thrush. Hylocichla mustelina (Gmel.) 
The Wood Thrush is represented in the Guest House locality in 
about the same proportion as at Bear Mountain. 
