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213. [769b] Hylocichla guttata jMllasH (Cah.). Hermit Thrush. 



Common migrant March 23 to May 3. October 3 to November 21. 

 The extreme dates mark the limits of its stay in the State, unless it has 

 recently been found to winter in the lower Wabash Valley. 



The most common of tlie Thrushes in the migratory season. Found in 

 second-growth and open woods. 



The majority left April 25, 1885 (C. H. B.). 



MIGRATION RECORD. 



214. [761] Merula migratoria CLinn) . American Robiu. ■■ Fig. 30. 



Resident; abundant in all seasons except winter when it is generally 

 rather rare. However, on January 30, 1893, a winter day, 300 Robins 

 were seen by E. M. Kindle. This was probably a band of migrants, and 

 its occurrence then was not unusual. They become common from the 

 middle of February to the middle of March. Some winttMs they are 

 entirely absent— that of 1900-01 for instance. They have been observed in 

 floclvS here as late as April 13, 1903. There is generally a period in fall 



