l68 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 30, 1908, April 29, 1882 

 (L. C. S.) ; Portland, April 27, 1908. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 2, 1904, Nov. 4, 1874, 1875 

 (Merriam) ; x Portland, Oct. 12, 1909. 



Winter records. Jan. 24, 1900, Guilford, one taken (A. H. 

 V. and L. B. B.) ; Jan. 4, 1904, Berlin, bird which had spent winter, 

 being fed by people, died of starvation (seen by J. H. S.) ; Dec. 

 24, 191 1, South Norwalk (W. F. Smith). 2 



Nest. In a thicket, such as in an elder bush or grape-vine, 

 or low willow, or tangle of bushes, 3 to 12 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. 2-5, commonly 4; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 17, 1887, nest with 

 five eggs (J. N. C.). 3 Latest record. July 26, 1889, nest with 

 three fresh eggs (W. I. C.) ; 4 Aug. 4, 1882, two young (L. B. B.). 



Unusual nesting records. June 5, 1889, nest composed largely 

 of paper (L. B. B.) ; May 20, 1893, nest with five eggs, built 

 inside old Robin's nest (Beers) ; June 3, 1894, Branford, nest 

 with six eggs (Nichols). 



Mr. John Nichols records having seen eggs of this species 

 spotted with red. 



Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus). Brown Thrasher. 



A common summer resident from May until September; win- 

 ters accidentally. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 23, 1906, April 21, 1906 

 (A. A. S. and E. S. W.) ; Portland, March 28, 1879, April 20, 

 1910. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 24, 191 1 ; Portland, Oct. 20, 

 1890; Branford, Nov. 29, 191 1 (John Nichols). 



Winter records. Shortly before Feb. 15, 1896, Bethel, col- 

 lected by E. T. and H. C. Judd (in coll. of H. C. Judd) ; Jan. 17, 

 Feb. 11 and 22, 191 2, South Norwalk (W. F. Smith). 5 



Nest. Commonly on the ground at the foot of a stump, in a 

 heap of brush, in bushes up to 4 feet from the ground, or very 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 8. 

 * Bird-Lore, xiv, 2, p. 114. 

 8 O. and O., xii, 10, p. 174. 

 *Oblogist, vi, 12, p. 231. 

 6 Bird-Lore, xiv, 2, p. 114. 



