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29 2/7 July 5-1907
South Marble Island-Glacier Bay, Alaska
Egg was laid on the sharp rocks under
a boulder. The parent was close by.
Incubation fresh. J. Dixon
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29 2/2 July 5-1907
South Marble Island, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Eggs were pulled out with a stick from
away back under a rock. No birds were
around. Incubation fresh.
J. Dixon
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759 Hylocichla guttata. Alaska Hermit Thrush.
22/4 N.B.T. Photo. July 7-1907 Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Nest was situated in a crotch formed by a small limb and the
naked body of 10 in. hemlock tree, and was 6 1/2 ft. up. The
nest was found by seeing the F fly from it, and was
seemingly only a stray bunch of moss in which a cavity
had been made by the bird. It contained when found
three eggs and the following day four, with the
parent incubating. A camera was placed in a tree
a few feet away and left until the F returned, and
then Miss A. sneaked up and pressed the bulb. This