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Robt. H. Wolcott found a nest at New Baltimore July 2'\, 1893. in maple tree 

 twenty feet from the ground; April and May to September; "Mackinac Island" 

 <S. E. White); "rare at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "not seen at Palmer, 

 Marquette Co.. but very common at Albion and St. Joseph" (O. B. Warren); 

 breeds; nests in shruljs; eggs four, rarely five., deep green; song pleasing and 

 varied. 



Genus HARPOUHYNCHUS V.\b. 





Brown Thrash, natural size. 



314-705-(17). Harporhyiichus rufus (Linn.). * Brown Thrush; Big Brown 

 Wren; Brown Thrasher; Brown Mocking Bird. 



Very common, especially south; April to September; "Grand Traverse Co." (M. 

 L. Leach); " April 28, 1891, at Grand Rapids " (E. B. Boies); " nests abundantly at 

 Bay City, where it arrives the last two weeks of April"' (N. A. Eddy); "Mackinac 

 Island" (S. E. White); "not seen in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "very com- 

 mon at Iron Mountain, where with many other song birds they suffer seriously at 

 the hands of the Italians, who kill them for stews" (E. E. Brewster); not shy; 

 strong singers; "song wonderfully rich, melodious and varied"' (L. S. Foster); 

 breeds; " nests at Palmer, Marquette Co.. and very common on Escanaba River, 

 nine miles from Palmer, as it is at Albion and St. Joseph" (O. B. Warren); nests 

 in bushes, occasionally on the ground; nests rude, coarse and bulky; eggs three to 

 live, dirty white, specked with brown; food, small fruits and insects; "Forbes 

 found twenty-three per cent of food which he examined to be canker worms"' 

 (Report State Horticultural Society, 1891, p. 204); like the Robin, this bird often 

 returns to the same place year after year. 



Subfamily TROGLODYTIN.E. Wrens. 



Genus THRYOTHORUS Vieill. 



315-7 18-(68). Thryothorus ludoyicianus {Lack.). Carolin.a Wren. 



Rare summer resident in southern part of the state; "Lenawee Co." (A. H. 

 Boies); Jerome Tiombley finds it a rare summer resident in Monroe Co.. where he 

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