. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . theseason. Among the nests examined, three contained sets of four each, andthe remainder three. Of the entire number, all were placed in evergreen trees,save two. Of these last, one was set in the splinters in the broken top of awillow, about fifteen feet up: and the other was placed in an upright crotchof an elderberry bush at four feet from the ground. Here are the woods that abound in moss-bunches,—great balls of thriftygreen wdiich grow, without apparent excuse, alike fro
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . theseason. Among the nests examined, three contained sets of four each, andthe remainder three. Of the entire number, all were placed in evergreen trees,save two. Of these last, one was set in the splinters in the broken top of awillow, about fifteen feet up: and the other was placed in an upright crotchof an elderberry bush at four feet from the ground. Here are the woods that abound in moss-bunches,—great balls of thriftygreen wdiich grow, without apparent excuse, alike from the flimsiest and fromthe most substantial supports. It is in \iew of the abundance of these, thatthe Varied Thrush builds as it does, right out in the open of the underwood,near the top, or at least well up, in a small fir tree. The searcher has only the 2^2 THE VARIED THRUSH. advantage of knowing llial in nrck-r tn secure aile(iuate supp(jrt the bird mustbuiKl close up to the stem of the tree. The only exception to this rule is whenbranches intersect, and so offer additidnal strength. Owing to the fact that. ucir Mt. B,ilu-i. Fholo by llic Antlwr. ••THE VARIIilJ THKUSU W liLL LP l.\ A SJIALI, I-IR TIUiE. the large timber affords consideraljle ]M-otection to the younger growth below,and because of the superior construction of the nests, they pnne very durable. THE VARIED THRUSH. 253 Old nests are common; and gronps of lialf in the space of a singleacre are evidently the consecntive product of a single pair of birds. There is a notable division of territory among these Thrushes. As a rule,they maintain a distance of half a mile or so from any other nesting two instances, however, Mr. Brown found nests within three hun-dred yards of neigh-bors. W h e n one ap-proaches the centerof a reserve, thebrooding femaleslips qnietl}- fromthe nest and joinsherniate in denounc-ing the birds ilit rest-lessly from branchto branch, or fromlo
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