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Wilton, Maine.
1871
as noted in "grave, measured tone"; he
found both sides singing in this peculiar
manner. All noises such as the crashing
of branches or the report of a gun seems
to more to excite than alarm them and
on such occasions they will frequently alight
close by as if impelled by curiosity.
24 Turdus pallasi. Found them rather common
breeding. First nest placed in the top of a
mossy log contained three fresh eggs June 2. The one
found June 3rd was sunk in a mossy hillock
and contained the eggs quite far advanced.
Another pathless mossy hatched young was
examined June 9th found every where in
the woods though not so abundant as
25 Turdus fuscescens. Quite rare now and
heard it occasionally in swampy localities:
at Bethel it was much more common.
26 Turdus Swainsoni. Common everywhere
in the woods: that it on several occasions
while in the act of singing, were unable
to detect any difference between its song and
that of T. pallasi. Found numbers 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
branches of some of the larger trees. I just one
of which contained two fresh eggs. We found them
quite tame and all the specimens that we
took (own agent now) were strongly marked,
typical Swainsoni.
27 Turdus migratorius. frequent in the
clearings. Found nests with eggs upon our
first arrival,