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Harporhynchus rufus, L. Brown Thrush. 



The brown thrush, although not so common a liird as the 

 two preceding species, is still abundant enough to make 

 its habits a matter of economic interest, both to the gar- 

 dener and the farmer. It is reported by Baird, Brewer 

 and Ridgway to reside and breed all over the United 

 States east of the Rocky Mountains, but in this state it is, 

 like the robin and catbird, practically a strict migrant. 

 Mr. E. W. Nelson reports its occasional occurrence in 

 southern Illinois in midsummer. It reaches Bloomington 



