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DGndroeea pennsylvanica. 
1875„ : 
li Hiddlesex County, ’’ass. 
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(Juno 8)!i Six nnsts, throe dosortod, two with four, one with 
five eggs. Throe were in barberry bushes, two in hazel 
one in a bush unknowri to mo. hone v/ero over four feet 
' high, t The ferna.lo of this species sits closer than any 
; bird I knov;. I looked at one steadily to-day for sov- 
|i eral minutes v/ith my face v/ithin less than a ■'^oot of her 
j| Her beautiful dark eyes returned my rrlance steadily 
enough, but the rapid pulsating movement of her body 
j; betrayed the beating of the anxious heart within, 
ji ifhon started tnoy made little noise but v/ith drooping 
|: y/'ings, and spread tails, f3.it tod about v/ithin a yard or 
Uro of me as if putting in a mute appeal for mercy. 
1876. : 
••'ay 11. ' One male (Belmont', 
1880. I! 
a-y 5. ; One male, tlio first (Belmont', 
1875. 
July 28. Saw a brood of young at Wellesly’s on the 26th, all 
in full plumage. One of them, evidently a yoting bird, 
was already practicing his song in a low v/arbling strain. 
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