Notrs on Ihr fiird/i. 389 



was common. April 27. 1SS4. (wo or tliri'c seen between Camden and Hur- 

 ling(oii. April 2:>, ISSH. Mrs. i;\criii,iiiii s.iw iwo in our garden at Camden 

 and the next day I saw two cast of ( 'jiiiidcii. 



Viffo Couniy: April 28. ISSS, saw several and collecte.! a female near 

 tlie 'Wabasli aliovo Terre Haute. Very eoniniun suniiner resident in Vigo, 

 as it is also in Monroe County. 



2ir». ToxosTOMA HiiTM (l.jnna'us). bkown tiikasiikk. (705) 



Next to (lie catbird. -this is our most fannliar summer resident songster, 

 frequenting nnicli the same sorts of places as the catbird cliooses. and much 

 reseniblins;- it in soni;-. Arrives alxiut the first of April, be^'ins nesting? early 

 in May. Younji birds rendv to leave uest by May 25 to 3(». Favorite nest- 

 ing places for the I'.rown Tlirasher are the osage orange hedges. Numerous 

 nests coulil be seen eiich spring in the hedges south of Terre Haute. An- 

 other place where nesting birds could lie IouikI was in the briar piitches and 

 thick muler brush along the old canal. 



Carroll County: June 19. 1882. nest with two fresh eggs: May 28. 1883, 

 .saw young birds nearly full grown. Ajiril .".. 1884. three seen in barnyard at 

 \\\y old home near Burlington, the lirst of the season. Heard others at 

 Camden the next day. April 2 was very stormy, raining and snowing all 

 day. but the 3d. was pleasant. May 21. found several nests, some with 

 young, others with eggs, in briar patclies and thickets at edge of the old 

 Maple swamp south of Cutlei-. April ."). iss."). beard lirst of the season this 

 afternoon at Camden. In ISs:'.. I found :i nest on the end of a fence rail 

 protected by a rather dense clump of rose bushes. 



Vigo County: April 8, 1888. ton noted : seen again on 10th and 11th : 21st. 

 C(dlected a female at Honey Creek five nnles south of Terre Haute. April 

 27. 1889. a male collected near Terre Haute. May 3. 1890. four nests, with 4, 

 4, 3, and 5 eggs, resi^ectively. all fresh ^n• nearly so, in osage orange hedge 

 7 miles south of Terre Haute. 



Monroe County: May 22. 18X2. nest witii two fresh o,ggs. Very common 

 in Monroe, as it is in Vigo and Carroll comities. 



216. Thryothorus lvdovicianus h'dovicianus (Latham). 



CAROLIiS'A WREX. (718) 



A rather rare permanent resident in each of the counties, most evident in 

 the fall or early winter ; apparently increasing in abundance. 



Carroll County: First noted in the fall of 1877, Octolter 10 to November 

 16. Heard February 27. 1879. a very cold day; noted singing sweetly March 

 first. Noted often in the winter of 188.3-4. ('sjiecially February 8 to 24. 



Vigo County: One (female) obtained near Terre Haute April 29, 1890, 

 by ^\. .T. Whitaker. A male and female collected at Sand Hill January 24, 

 1891. Obtained one and .saw another May 13. 1882. 



Monroe County: Verj' common in the winter of 1882-3. A male collected 

 January 12. 1883. north of Blooniington. One seen May 2, 1888. 



This is a southern .species, least coniinon in Carroll County and more 

 abundant the further south one goes in the state. As one wanders along 



