\(ilrs on llic liirds. :\UTt 



I.':;.".. Il-i i.oi u III A Ai.u i.i: Ai, 1(1.1-: (I'.iiirdi. <;kav-( iikkkkh iiikisii. ( T.'iT i 



A ikpI \iiH(Piimi()ii sid-iiij; n\u\ f:ill iiii.m-iiiil : (iliscrvcd in ;ill ilic (•(Hiiiiirs Imt 

 1 liiivc (Piily a IVw dcliiiilr records. 



\'i(/(i Coinihi: May ."!. isss. one seen. Ap.-il 2'.l. IS'.M). one M'ciircil at Sand 

 Hill: .May :;. a ffiiialc (.iIIckmI at tin- (icnM- I'ond, aiK.tlirr male on Honey 

 ('reck .May Id. aiidtlirr at Sand Hill .May U. 



L'.'U. Hi 1.0(1(1 1 1, A IS rri.vrA .s\\ .\i.\s().M t 'rsdnidi i. 



oi.i\ i;-i!.v(Ki:i> iiiKisii. ( 7.~i>>a I 



(■(irrnll Cnnitii: \\n\\ !l. iss.",. several seen, one secured. 

 Viili, CoiihIii: April L'4. ISiMl. a male collected at Sand Hill; .May Kt. a 

 male collected at Sand Hill. .\.. record for .Monroe ("oiinty. 



L'."l."(. Hvi,(K'i( III..V (;rrrAiA i-.vi.i.asi (("ahanisi. iikkmit iiikisii. (Toilhi 



A rather common siirinu and fall miirrant. .\rrives in the siirinj; about 

 tin' twentieth of April, or iierhaiis earlii'r. and ma.v he seen at least as late 

 as the middle of .May. A (piiet. retiriii.n bird, not often seen except hy thoM- 

 who are curious and know when and where to look for it. 



('(irroll Coinihi: October o. ISTS. one collected. .May 11. Iss:;. f(Mui(l one 

 dead near the I'^aiis schoolhouse. Tii)iiecaiioe 'I'ownship. .March :;<». 1SS4. 

 a thiaisli believed to be this sjiecies seen toda.\' : April -'.\. several seen aloiiix 

 I »eer Creek near ("amdeii. 



Viijo Count!/: Apiil 1. isss. three seen: 17th. collected two females east 

 of the fair si-cunds : liHh. shot a female west of Terre Haute. October 15. 

 INS!). Dr. J. T. Scovell collected one near Terre Haute. April 12. I.SIK). four 

 males collected on Honey Creek: lOth. one male and two females seeureil 

 at Sand Hill ; another female at the same place on '24th. and a male on ;j(»th. 

 Noted also in Monrce County but I have no definite records. 

 There is anions the sonirs of birds none more deliciously sweet than that 

 of the Hermit Thrush. 



In the swamp in secluded recesses. 



A shy and hidden bird is warbling a son.i;. 



Solitary the Thrush, 



The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoidin;; the settlensents. 



Sings by hlm.solf a song. 



— Whitman. 



L'.'IC). ri..\M:STl(l S MKJHArOKMS M KM! ATOKI T s (Linua'us). UOlil.V. ( Tftl) 



of all (rur birds the conunon Robin is the most familiar and best loved. 

 In all the counties covered by this paper it is a common sumuu'r resident, 

 and. usually a few remain all winter in favorable places along the rivers 

 and creeks. i»articularly where there are wild grapes, hackberries. and other 

 trees, shrulis or vines that furnish it with food. 



The robins are among the first to rettu'ii from the south. They are al- 

 ways hailed as harbingers of sining. and their coming is always an event 

 that brings ])leasure to all who are at all observing. Kven as early as the 

 lirst day of .March, or sometimes as earl\- as .lanuary. they may be seen. 



