338 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



White); 'no record at Bay City, but taken at Heisterman's Island, Saginaw Bay"" 

 (N. A. Eddy); "rare at St. Joseph, common at Albion, and very common at 

 Palmer, Marquette Co., the first to come and go" (O. B. Warren); "Keweenaw 

 Point'' (Kneeland); breeds at least in Southern Peninsula; nests in May and June- 



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Wood Thrush, nataral size. 



in trees or Bhrubs,V in orchards'" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); I have found the nests more 

 commonly in damp, thick woods, and generally on low beech limbs; " nest at Trav- 

 erse City" (L. W. Watkins); eggs like those of the Robin, except a trifle smaller,. 

 two to five; "this bird is shy during molt" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); and is usually seen 

 in dense wood-lands and thickets; the food habits of the Wood Thrush are much 

 the same as those of the Robin. 



331-7o6-(7). Tnrdiis fuscescens Steph. * Wilson's Thrush; Veery; Tawny 

 Thrush. 



Common at least in soiithern part of the state; throughout the Lower Peninsula; 

 April to September; usually in swampy woods; "found everywhere and breeds in 

 abundance at Bay City" (N. A. Eddy); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "occurs at 

 Mackinac Island" (S. E.White); Mr. White informs me that it breeds in Kent Co.j 

 "rather common at St. Joseph" (O. B. Warren); breeds; "have seen them very 

 abundant in Wayne Co., where they breed abundantly " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); nests 

 on ground, occasionally in low shrubs or clumps of bushes, in May or June; eggs 

 blue, foui-, occasionally five. 



332-767-(12). Turdiis alicia^ Baird. * Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



One reported from Michigan in the museum of the Kent Scientific Institute by 

 E. L. Moseley; taken in Kent Co., and one specimen at Mackinac Island by S. E. 

 White; N. A. Eddy reports one at Heisterman's IsJand, Saginaw Bay, September 4, 

 1888; "one taken at Locke May 10, 1883" (Dr. H. A. Atkins); "this bird is recorded 

 from Kalamazoo Co. by F. H. Chapin and from Kent Co. by Mr. Chas. W. Gunn " 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs). 



333-758a-(18). Tiirdns iistnlatus swainsoiiii (Cab.). * Olive-backed Thrush; 

 Swainson's Thrush; Swamp Robin. 



Common; throughout the Southern Peninsula if not the entire state; May to 

 October; E. B. Boies reports a large tlock at Grand Rapids, April 17 and 18,, 



