. American ornithology, for home and school . Red-breasted Nuthatch. Chickadee. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Olive-backed Thrush. (1902). Hermit Thrush. Robin. Blue-bird. When I have given a date it is to be understood that the bird has been ob-served but once and in the year given. Hoping this may find way into your helpful magazine, I remain, Yours truly, Gordon Boit Wellman,54 Beltran St., Maiden, Mass. THE WOOD THRUSH. In the dark, muggy shades of the woodland,In the celandine and jewelweed lush, Sweetest, surely fairest of music,I hear the voice of the Thrush. Full of mys
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. American ornithology, for home and school . Red-breasted Nuthatch. Chickadee. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Olive-backed Thrush. (1902). Hermit Thrush. Robin. Blue-bird. When I have given a date it is to be understood that the bird has been ob-served but once and in the year given. Hoping this may find way into your helpful magazine, I remain, Yours truly, Gordon Boit Wellman,54 Beltran St., Maiden, Mass. THE WOOD THRUSH. In the dark, muggy shades of the woodland,In the celandine and jewelweed lush, Sweetest, surely fairest of music,I hear the voice of the Thrush. Full of mystery, unsolved, unsolvable, Voicing the infinite promise,Fraught with happiness, joy indissolvable, I hear the voice of the Thrush. In the cool of the morning, the heat of the noon, In the quiet of vesper hush,Unchanged, ever true, all sublime, I hear the voice of the Thrush. Full of love, to mate, to God, Singing of boundless content,Telling of great grief, yet greater joy, I hear the voice of the Thrush. —N. F. 34 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY.. Photo from life by Alfred J. Meyer.Osprey Leaving Nest. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 35 BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. The Mountain Blue-bird of the Pacific slope in size and habits does notdiffer in the least from its relatives of Canada and the Atlantic seaboard,but, in his dress, the male differs quite noticeably. Instead of having abrown throat and breast, his throat is as blue as his back, having almost agreenish shade, and the breast and belly are only a little lighter in color,having no approach towards brown. The rest of his dress is the same asthat of his eastern cousin. The female is very similar in color to one of theeast, but is a little nearer the shade of the Turtle-dove. During the past spring I had an excellent opportunity to observe the con-duct of a pair of Blue-birds very closely, for they came early and built anest in a corner of an unfinished porch that had not been ceiled overhead.During the progress of their work they were watch
