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when 1 was near the place. It was in blackberry sprouts, on the 
sloping side of a ravine along the Tuxedo Drive beyond the John- 
sontown branch. The nest was made on oblique or bending stems, 
about three feet from the ground, partially saddled on a fork of 
the stem. It was a coarse, bulky structure for a bird so small, made 
outwardly of soft dead leaves, weed stems and grasses, woven into 
Fig. 29. Nest of Indigo Bunting, from a brushy ravine, near Little Long 
Pond. 
thick, compact walls. The lining was of soft, dry grasses (Fig. 29). 
When found the nest contained young birds about ready to fly. 
30. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.) 
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is represented in the Guest House 
neighborhood in about the same proportion as at Bear Mountain. 
My notes regarding it here can add nothing further of value to 
the account in the previous chapter. 
