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295. (%57.) WyLocicHLa aLici# -(Baird). 3. 
Gray-cheeked Thrush. 
Synonyms: Turdus swainsoni var. alicie, T. alicie. 
Alice’s Thrush. : 
Baird, Rev. N. Am. Birds, 1864, 23. 
Dr. Wheaton records this thrush as a “Common spring 
and fall migrant.’”’ It has been universally reported as a 
rare migrant. I have no doubt that closer acquaintance 
with it will prove it to be less rare. It is not easy to distin- 
guish between this and the next species. I have found it 
only in the brushy woods in company with the Olive-backed. 
It appears to keep closer to the woods than the Olive- 
backed, feeding there on or near the ground. Its food 
probably consists of insects and worms largely. 
Migration records are not _ satisfactory. Lorain 
county dates fall close to May 10, which is apparently 
near the end of the spring migration. I have no autumn 
dates. 
296. (7%58a.) HyLociIcHLA SWAINSONI (Cab.). 4. 
Olive-backed Thrush. 
Synonyms: Turdus swainsoni. 
Swainson’s Thrush, Little Thrush, Swamp Robin. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860 (1861), 379, hypothetical, Re- 
print, 5. 
“Abundant migrant” characterizes this species in a few 
localities, as it apparently did for Columbus, at least when 
Dr. Wheaton was working. At most localities it is only 
common. This thrush is often seen in the parks and shade 
trees during its migration, where I have seen it feeding upon 
the tender shoots of trees, probably the young buds of the 
elms. Rev. Mr. Henninger found it eating gum berries in 
September. Its food must consist of insects cap- 
tured on the ground or in trees indifferently. I have 
often seen it making sallies after flying insects, much after 
the manner of the flycatchers. 
This thrush appears at Oberlin during the last five days 
of April and has gone north by May 23... It returns early 
in September and tarries about four weeks. 
