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was common. April 27, 1884. two or three seen between Camden and Bur- 
lington. April 23, 1885. Mrs. Evermann saw two in our garden at Camden 
and the next day I saw two east of Camden. 
Vigo County: April 28, 1888, saw several and collected a female near 
the Wabash above Terre Haute. Very common summer resident in Vigo, 
as it is also in Monroe County. 
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215. ToxosToMA RUFUM (Linnzeus). BROWN THRASHER. (705) 
Next to the catbird, this is our most familiar summer resident songster, 
frequenting much the same sorts of places as the catbird chooses, and much 
resembling it in song. Arrives about the first of April, begins nesting early 
in May. Young birds ready to leave nest by May 25 to 30. Favorite nest- 
ing places for the Brown Thrasher are the osage orange hedges. Numerous 
nests could be seen each spring in the hedges south of Terre Haute. An- 
other place where nesting birds could be found was in the briar patches and 
thick under brush along the old canal. 
Carroll County: June 19, 1882, nest with two fresh eggs: May 28, 1888, 
saw young birds nearly full grown. April 3, 1884, three seen in barnyard at 
my old home near Burlington. the first of the season. Heard others at 
Camden the next day. April 2 was very stormy, raining and snowing all 
day, but the 3d. was pleasant. May 21. found several nests, some with 
young, others with eggs, in briar patches and thickets at edge of the old 
Maple swamp south of Cutler. April 5, 1885, heard first of the season this 
afternoon at Camden. In 1888, I found a nest on the end of a fence rail 
protected by a rather dense clump of rose bushes. 
Vigo County: April 8, 1888, ten noted; seen again on 10th and 11th; 21st, 
collected a female at Honey Creek five miles south of Terre Haute. April 
27, 1889, a male collected near Terre Haute. May 3, 1890. four nests, with 4, 
4, 3, and 5 eggs, respectively, all fresh or nearly so, in Osage orange hedge 
7 miles south of Terre Haute. 
Monroe County: May 22, 1882, nest with two fresh eggs. Very common 
in Monroe, as it is in Vigo and Carroll counties. 
216. THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS LUDOVICIANUS (Latham). 
CAROLINA WREN. (718) 
A rather rare permanent resident in each of the counties, most evident in 
the fall or early winter; apparently increasing in abundance. 
Carroll County: First noted in the fall of 1877, October 10 to November 
16. Heard February 27, 1879, a very cold day; noted singing sweetly March 
first. Noted often in the winter of 1883-4, especially February 8 to 24. 
Vigo County: One (female) obtained near Terre Haute April 29, 1890, 
by W. J. Whitaker. A male and female collected at Sand Hill January 24, 
1891. Obtained one and saw another May 13, 1882. 
Monroe County: Very common in the winter of 1882-3. A male collected 
January 12, 1883, north of Bloomington. One seen May 2, 1888. 
This is a southern species, least common in Carroll County and more 
abundant the further south one goes in the state. As one wanders along 
