394 Proceedings of TtHliana Academy of Science. 



•J.".0. POI.IOI'III.A (.KIULEA C.EKULEA ( IJlimi^US) . 

 ISiIA'K-dUAY GNATCATC'IIER. (751) 



,\ fairly common summer resident. Arrives about the middle of April ; 

 befrins nest building by the first of May. The nest is one of the most beau- 

 tiful. It is a small, deeply cup-shaped structure covered on the outside with 

 small greenish or grayish lichens, and is usually placed on some nearly 

 horizontal limb. 



(Uirroll Count!/: April 23. 1884, first seen today in Deer Creek bottom 

 below Camden : May 5. saw two pairs building their nests near Camden ; 

 May 8, saw a pair building in a white oak near Springboro bridge west of 

 Pittsburg. The nest was about 18 feet from the ground. It was about an 

 inch deep inside and very nicely made. On the 10th, this nest was still 

 unfinished but the birds were working industriously: May 17. I secured 

 the two nests found on the 5th; each contained five fresh eggs. April 22. 

 1885, first of the season seen. The species was common on the 26th. 



Tif/o Count if: May 10. 1888. a male obtained at Sand Hill; April 14. 

 noted. 



Monroe County: August 15. 1885, saw several and collected one in Smith's 

 woods near Bloomington. April 12, 1880. noted. 



231. Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin). wood thrush. (755) 



Not uncommon as a summer resident ; frequenting deep woods. In all 

 nature there is no sound more beautiful and stirring than the song of the 

 Wood Thrush. The birds arrive from the south in the last days of April 

 and their rich liquid notes may soon be heard in any deep woods you may 

 visit. By the middle or twentieth of May their nests with the full comple- 

 ment of eggs may be found. 



Carroll County: June 17. 1882. nest with three fresh eggs, incubation 

 begun. May 3, 1883, quite common near Burlington. The Wood Thrush, 

 with many other species, seems to have returned last night, a great wave of 

 birds having arrived and today the woods are full of birds. 



The Wood Thrush is one of the victims of the Cowbird's parasitic habits. 

 On May 24. 1883. I found a nest with four Wood Thrush and three Cow- 

 bird eggs, all nearly fresh. On May 28. I found three nests, one with four 

 eggs just hatching, another with four nearly fresh. April 28. 1884. returned 

 last night. Saw several in Stone's woods near Burlington. After May 5. 

 they were quite common. April 23. 1885. saw and heard three or four on the 

 Joseph Trent farm in Carrollton Township, — the first of the season. 



Vi(/o County: May 6. 1886. one noted ; noted again May 3 and 5. Quito 

 common in Vigo as it also is in Monroe County. 



Mmiror County: :May (i. 1S86. nest with full set of eggs near Bloomington. 



232. HYLOCICHLA FUSCESCENS FirSCESCENS (Sfcilbens). VEERY. (756) 



Rare spring and fall migrant. 



Carroll County: April 10, 1885. noted as especially common. 



Vigo County: May 3, 1888. three seen, one collected, at the Hunt farm 

 three miles southeast of Terre Haute : 12th. a female collected near Terre 

 Haute. May 14, 1890. a female at the Sand Hill. 



Monroe County: May 13, 1886, several seen near Bloomington. 



