216 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



SYLVIIDAE. 



R. I. — Accidental visitor (several instances). May 23, June 24. 

 Conn. — Rare summer visitor (five instances, nee Wauregan). 

 April 6-Sept. 1. 



TURDIDAE. 



393. Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin) Ridgway. 



Wood thrush; Mountain thrush (Vt.); Swamp angel; Swamp 

 thrush; Wood robin. 



Turd us mu.sieliuus Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 817. 

 "in Noveboraco." Seebohm and Sharpe, Monogr. of Turdidae, 

 1898, pt. 4, pi. 43. Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Arner., 

 1895, p. 395, fig. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Bushy growth near edges of moist shady woods ; nests in bushes 

 or trees. 



Me. — Rare summer resident in southwestern part (to Franklin 

 Co.). Spring-Sept. 6. 



N. H. — Rare summer resident north to White Mt. valleys. 

 May 15-Sept. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident at lower elevations (to Mt. 

 Mansfield and Willoughby Lake). May 10-fall. 



Mass. — Common summer resident, mainly at low elevations. 

 (April 26) May 1-Sept. 28 (Oct. 10; Nov. 18, 1897, Wellesley 

 Hills). Eggs, May 25- June 15 (June 26). 



R. I. — Common summer resident. May 4-Sept. Eggs, May 

 21-June 6. 



Conn. — Common summer resident. May 1-Oct. Eggs, May 

 27- June 21. 



394. Hylocichla fuscescens (Stephens) Ridgway. 



Wilson's thrush; Cheeury; Nightingale; Swamp robin; Tawny 

 thrush; Veery. 



T urdus fuscescens Steph., Shaw's Gen. zool., 1817, vol. 10, pt. 



