1907. July " Troglodytes aëdon. copy 3 22,26 Bethe (about 2 miles north of village on road to Henry) Bethel Early this month a nest of the House Wren containing 7 eggs Upton. was taken by Clara Corbidge at Upton, Mann. It was in the old Abbott mill (now the Baker House) in a space between the timbers. The bird invariably went to and from its nest through the open side of the mill // 1908 June 9-12 Bethe July 22,23 Ma. A & singing in an apple orchard bordering the main street of the village about midway between Dr. Gehring's & the hotel. I heard it nearly every time I passed & usually in the same tree. One of Dr. Gehring's columns - Miss Beck- told me that a bird which had been in her home the previous winter was clothed in the same colors in the dress, for a time, colors he knew in the garments about his house that she sent to singing. and I questioned with a lady on something uncertain with a tale of this as often times near the rear of his house. She thinks it would be about a week before. I don't to Ballard