. Bird-lore . e bird can pass into the shining black, buff, and whitebreeding plumage (Fig. 3) without losing or gaining a single feather. But dur-ing the northward migration in March and April, the yellow, brown, and graytips gradually wear away, the plumage of the nape, rump, upper tail-coverts,and scapulars apparently fades, the bill turns from brownish to blue-black,and by the time the bird reaches its nesting-ground few traces of what onemight call its traveling cloak remain. The post-nuptial or fall molt begins the latter part of July, immediatelyafter the nesting season. Like the prenup
. Bird-lore . e bird can pass into the shining black, buff, and whitebreeding plumage (Fig. 3) without losing or gaining a single feather. But dur-ing the northward migration in March and April, the yellow, brown, and graytips gradually wear away, the plumage of the nape, rump, upper tail-coverts,and scapulars apparently fades, the bill turns from brownish to blue-black,and by the time the bird reaches its nesting-ground few traces of what onemight call its traveling cloak remain. The post-nuptial or fall molt begins the latter part of July, immediatelyafter the nesting season. Like the prenuptial or spring molt it is complete,and the bird now acquires the Reedbird plumage and can be distinguishedfrom young of the year chiefly by the presence of a few black feathers on thechin and breast. In this plumage male and female, young and old, look essen-tially alike as they journey through the rice-fields, cross the Caribbean, andtravel over more than half the length of South America to their winter J^otes from iftefo anb JHuap A Town of Five Thrushes The town of Stowe, Vt., is especially for-tunate birdwise,—or, more exactly, thrush-wise. The good fortune is one not generallyappreciated by the towns permanent resi-dents, perhaps, but the bird-loving visitorin June and July may revel in five breed-ing species of Hylocichla,—five brown,wood-haunting Thrushes, as Hoffmandescribes them. During the last ten days of June, ioio,my husband and I lived at the upper endof a Stowe valley leading to the easternslopes of Mt. Mansfield, which lies uponStowes western border and has an eleva-tion of 4,600 feet. We arrived at 8 oclockone evening. All along the wooded ridgenorth of our house Hermit Thrushes weresinging, and we found, during our stay,Hermit Thrushes most numerous of thefive species noted. South of the house, on the farther edgeof a grassy meadow, the valleys streammeandered between low, wooded the Veery sang morning and were common in
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