. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . er in 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 which grow, without apparent excuse, alike
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . er in 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 which grow, without apparent excuse, alike from the flimsiest and fromthe most substantial supports. It is in view 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=52 THE VARIED THRUSH. advantage of knowing that in order to secure adequate support the bird mustbuild close up to the stem of the tree. The only exception to this rule is whenbranches intersect, and so offer additional strength. Owing to the fact that. Taken near Mt. Baker. Photo by the Author. THE VARIED THRUSH BUILDS WELL UP IN A SMALL FIR TREE. the large timber affords considerable protection to the younger growth below,and because of the superior construction of the nests, they prove very durable. THE VARIED THRUSH. 253 Old nests are common; and groups of half a dozen in the space of a singleacre are evidently the consecutive 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 quietly fromthe nest and joinsherniate in denounc-ing the birds flit rest-lessly from branchto branch, or fromlog to log, utteringrepeat
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