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arrives the first of May, and has been found as late as October " (Taylor); 

 "north to Massachusetts, Ontario, Wisconsin, and eastern Dakota" (Goss) ; 

 Beatrice (A. S. Pearse); Omaha — breeds (L. Skow) ; Peru, common — breeds 

 (G. A. Coleman) ; Gaae county — breeds (F. A. Colby); "aquite commonsum- 

 mer resident — breeds" (I. S. Trostler). 



7 50. Turdus fuscescens Steph. — Wilson's Thrush. 



West Point, Omaha (L. Bruner) ; " Occasionally in Nebraska, especially in 

 the southeastern part of the state " (Aughey) ; "Migratory, rare, arrive the first 

 of May" (Taylor); " vyest to the plains " (Goss); "a rare summer resident, a 

 pair seen in East Omaha, iu thicket. May 22, 1894, where they probably bred " 



(I. S. Trostler). 



757. Turdus aliciae Baird. — Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



" Migratory, rare, arrive iu May" (Taylor); "eastern and northern North 

 America, west to the Kocky mountains " (Goss); "west to the plains (A. O. 

 U. Check List). 



758a. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii {Cuban.). — Olive-backed 

 Thrush. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Abundant in eastern Nebraska " 

 (Aughey); "Migratory, common, arrive in May" (Taylor); "west to and in- 

 cluding the Kocky mountains" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Valentine and 

 Long Pine (J. M. Bates); "migratory, rare, one flock and well observed Sept. 

 16, 1895, near Papillion" (L S. Trostler). 



7596. Turdus aonalaschkse pallasii {Caban.). — Hermit 

 Thrush. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); Alda — breeds (Bull. No. 2, Div. 

 Ornith.); "Have seen a few of this species iu eastern Nebraska" (Aughey); 

 " west casually to the Great Plains" (Goss); Fairbury (M. L. Eaton) ; Omaha 

 (L. Skow). 



761. Merula migratoria {Linn.). — American Robin. 



All of Nebraska — breeds (L. Bruner); " Kesideut, abundant" (Taylor); 

 "Not abundant in Nebraska, but slowly increasing" (Aughey); "Northern 

 and eastern North America" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt — breeding (A. S, 

 Pearse); Beatrice, De Witt — nesting (A. S. Pearse, F. A. Colby); Omaha — 

 breeds (L. Skow) ; Peru, common — breeds (G. A. Coleman);, Cherry county — 

 breeds and sometimes winters (J. M. Bates); Gage county — breeds (F. A. 

 Colby); "an abundant resident except in coldest winters, breeds April 23 to 

 June 20" (L S. Trostler). 



Tlie Robin has certainly been accused often enough of being a first- 

 class rascal to warrant the belief that there must be at least some 

 grounds for such accusations being made. 



In his examination of 114 stomachs of this bird, taken during ten 



