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until one imasines the whole head is fire red. At other times it 

 Is hard to ?ee the concealed red at all. Those who have difficulty 

 in distinguishing the immature kinglets from some of the plainly 

 colored small warhlers may do so readily by noting the nervous 

 Hitting of the wings of the kinglets. 



247. Polioptila carulca. — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 



Regular as a summer resident, but not common. It is partial to 

 beech or oak woods during the nesting season, but may be found 

 anywhere in woodland where the growth is not too dense, during 

 the migrations. It has been common on the sand spit during the 

 days of heavy migration, more common eastward where the width 

 of forest growth is less. The median date of migration in spring 

 is April 2.3, but the earliest is March 29, 3907. I have never seen 

 this bird after August 15 (1899). 



248. HylochicJiIa mustcUna. — Wood Thrush. 



Common in woodland all sununer. It is also a familiar bird in 

 Oberlin back yards and orchards, where it nests. It seems to pre- 

 fer thick second growth woods, or the lower borders of larger 

 woods. It has always been common during the spring migrations 

 on the sand spit, but it nests sparingly west of the re^^ort grounds, 

 near the Lake Laboratory, and on one of the considerable widen- 

 ings of the sand spit a half mile east of tbe Lake Laboratory. The 

 median date of spring arrival is Apiil 27, the earliest being Ai)ril 

 10. 1904. My latest fall record is September 24. 1906. T have not 

 found it on the sand spit in late summer and early fall, nor have 

 1 noted any southward migration of considerable numbers, which 

 woiald be the case did the more northerly breeding birds pass south- 

 ward across this region. Nests containing eggs have been found by 

 May 22. This bird ife par excrllance the nightingale of our woods. 

 To its singing in Oberlin is probably due nore than to any other 

 one thing the awakening interest of middle-aged people in the bird 

 life of the town. One can hardly remain indifferent to his sur- 

 roundings after having heard the song of the Wood Thrush. 



249. Hylociclila fusccsccns. — Wilson's Thrush. 



Common in the spring migrations in suitable woods, a few re- 

 maining all summer to breed. The Cedar Point sand spit does not 

 seem to furnish the necessary conditions for this thrush. It has 

 been met with there In small numbers during the migrations, but 

 has never been found in such numbers as to be called common. The 

 typical habitat in this region is a woods of tall trees which stand 

 close enough together to furiii«-h a ( omplete shade, with a liftU' un- 



