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Turdus sv/ainsoni. 
Maine (Lake Unibagog). 
1871. 
June 9. 
1872. 
June 3- 
14. 
A nest containing tvro fresh eggs. 
Abundant and generally distributed. The males 
usually sang from a perch only a fev/- feet above the 
gr ound and had a habit of flitting a yard or tv/o in 
the intervals between each utterance. The song of this 
species is most nearly like that of Wilson’s Thrush; 
in fact it is - essentially the same metallic trill short- 
1 ened and ending in a few bell—like notes, either with a 
1 rising or falling inflection. These final notes give 
it a slight resemblance to the song of the Hermit Thrush 
1873. 
.July 21, 
They still sing regularly although most other birds 
are nov/ silent. 
187^. 
July 26. 
Still singing. 
1874. 
Aug.3. 
Shot a young in first plumage. 
1874. 
Augo 5, 
Took a young in first plumage. 
1876. 
May 26. 
They were in full song this evening although water 
froze last night to the thickness of v/indow glass and 
there is still much snow in the v/oods. 
1876. j 
June 11. ' 
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1 
Visiting the nest found on the 6th I found the fe¬ 
male situing on four fresh eggs. She permitted mo to 
nearly touah her before flying, and loft the spot in 
silence. 
1 
1876. 
June 11. 
A nest containing two fresh eggs about six feet 
aboy(t the ground in a fir sapling by the roadside. 
1876. 
June 6. 
Two nests just completed. 
1876. 
Juno 12. 
Six nests; one with three eggs, four with one egg. 
