. The oist . T. H. Jackson of West Chester,in Florida. In Florida. ■V\Tiat collector is there who has notbuilt air castles for future visits toFlorida, California, Northwest Canadaa>adAri?ona in_ search of treasures forhis cabinet? If such there be, he isindeed a rarity and a person lacking the lively imagination necessary forthe proper enjoyment of life. We present herewith (Without per-mission, however) a snapshot of thewell-known oologlst, Thomas H. Jack-son, as he appeared at least on occa-sion during a visit to Florida lastspring. 138 THE OOLOGIST. No. 61—Location of Hermit Tiirush Nes
. The oist . T. H. Jackson of West Chester,in Florida. In Florida. ■V\Tiat collector is there who has notbuilt air castles for future visits toFlorida, California, Northwest Canadaa>adAri?ona in_ search of treasures forhis cabinet? If such there be, he isindeed a rarity and a person lacking the lively imagination necessary forthe proper enjoyment of life. We present herewith (Without per-mission, however) a snapshot of thewell-known oologlst, Thomas H. Jack-son, as he appeared at least on occa-sion during a visit to Florida lastspring. 138 THE OOLOGIST. No. 61—Location of Hermit Tiirush Nest, Shown in No. 50. —Photo by Verdi Burtch. Nesting of the Hermit Thrush. In nearly all of the larger gulliesthat cut the hills about Branchportand the shores of Lake Keuka, N. Y.,the Hermit Thrush can be found mak-ing its summer home. The nest willbe found in a little hole in the bankor on a ledge of rock near the rush-ing and tumbling water. It is a bulkyaffair composed of dead weeds, grassand dead leaves with which is mixeda few dead hemlock twigs and lots ofgreen moss, the whole blending withthe moss and dead leaves on the bankin such a manner that it is hardly dis-tinguishable, but to the practiced ob-server there is a certain characteris-tic about it that gives it away everytime. Sometimes a nest is placed upfrom the ground a little, a nest found July 2, 1905, was in a tangle of black-berry bushes, two feet from theground and on a rather level placenear the mouth of a gully. It wascomposed of dead weeds and grasswith which was mixed a few
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