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1821 (Was not this the Hermit Thrush?); "abundant in fall at Heisterman's Island, 

 Saginaw Bay" (N. A. Eddy); "rare in Wayne Co." (B. H. Swales); "Lenawee Co." 

 (A. H. Boies); "rare and transient in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "common 

 summer resident at Mackinac Island " (S. PI White); " Keweenaw Point " (Knee- 

 land); ''common migrant at Albion, and common at Palmer" (O.B.Warren); breeds 

 north; 'breeds most abundantly of any Thrush on Keweenaw Point, the nest- 

 ing habits like Wood Thrush" (O. B. Warren); we have never found it nesting 

 here; J. B. Purdy. of Plymouth, has never seen or found a nest at that place; 

 Dr. M. Gibbs reports taking nests and eggs in Kalamazoo Co.: (Is not this a 

 mistake?) nests in low shrubs in June; nest compact with no mud; eggs four, 

 bluish green, and peculiar in being specked with varying shades of brown; this 

 bird is a sweet and almost continuous singer. Dr. M. Gibbs gives an e.xeellent 

 description of this bird and its nesting and migration in O. and O., Vol. X, 

 1885, p. 26. 



334-7o9b-(10). Turdus aoiialaschka' pallasii (Ca&.). * Hermit Thrush; Cathe- 

 dral Bird; Rupus-tailed Thrush; Ground Swamp Robin; Swamp Angel. 



April and May to October; "Monroe Co., common, transient" (Jerome Trom- 

 bley); "abundant sprjng migrant at Bay City" (N. A. Eddy); "common at Mack- 

 inac Island" (S. E. White); "common summer resident at Palmer" (O. B. Warren); 

 "Upper Peninsula" (H. Nehrling); "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); 

 breeds north; "breeds on Keweenaw Point" (E. W. Durfee); nests taken in 

 Montcalm Co., by Dr. Gibbs, June 23, 1882; also "in Ottawa Co.. May 15, 1879, 

 by W. A. Gunn" (Dr. M. Gibbs); nests in June, usually on the ground, "in 

 July at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White), rarely in low shrubs; the nest loosely 

 constructed and without mud; eggs three or four, light blue, immaculate. For 

 interesting account of the habits of this bird, see article by Dr. M. Gibbs in 

 O. and O.. Vol. X, p. 27. 



(lENUS MERULA Leach. 



Robin, natural size. 



33o-7(>l-(l). Merula migratoria (Linw.). * American Robin; Robin. 



Very common; throughout the entire state; ''very common at Iron Mountain" 

 (E. E. Brewster); March to October; rarely throughout the winter; "Grand Rapids 

 February 28, 1892" (E. B. Boies); "passes Bay City south in large flocks late 

 in September and early in October " (N. A. Eddy); retires in winter to protected 



