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UPTON, MAINE 
1871 
uttering their mournful monotonous pe e e. Mr. Maynard also 
heard another note, kil-link, which he describes as uttered in 
a grave, measured tone: he found both sexes singing in this 
peculiar manner. All noises such as the crashing of branches 
or the report of a gun seems more to excite than alarm them 
and on such occasions they will frequently alight close by as 
if impelled by curiosity. 
24. Turdus pallasi . Pound them rather common breeding. First 
nest placed on the top of a mossy log contained three fresh 
eggs June 2. The next found June 3rd was sunk in a mossy 
hillock and contained three eggs quite far advanced. Another 
with three newly hatched young was examined June 9th. Pound 
everywhere in the woods though not so abundant as T.Swainsoni. 
2®* Turdus fusce sc e ns. Quite rare: saw and heard it occasion¬ 
ally in swampy localities: at Bethel it was much more common. 
26. Turdus Swainsoni . Common everywhere in the woods: Shot 
it on several occasions while in the act of singing: were un¬ 
able to detect any difference between its song and that of 
T.pallasi. Found number of nests. They were usually built 
about breast high in some small spruce or fir but we occasion¬ 
ally found them higher up on the horizontal branch of some of 
the larger trees. A nest June 9th contained two fresh eggs. 
We found them quite tame and all the specimens that we took 
(some dozen or more) were st rongly marked typical Swainsoni. 
27. Turdus m igrator ius. Frequent in the clearings. Found 
nests with eggs upon our first arrival. 
