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233. HYLOCICHLA ALICL® ALICL#® (Baird). GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. (757) 
A not uncommon spring and fall migrant; observed in all the counties but 
‘I have only a few definite records. 
Vigo County: May 8, 1888, one seen. April 29, 1890, one secured at Sand 
Hill; May 3, a female collected at the Geose Pond, another male on Honey 
Creek May 10, another at Sand Hill May 14. 
234. HyLocicHLA USTULATA SWAINSONT (Tschudi). 
OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH. (758a) 
Carroll County: April 9, 1885, several seen, one secured. 
Vigo County: April 24, 1890, a male collected at Sand Hill; May 10, a 
male collected at Sand Hill. No record for Monroe County. 
235. HYLOcICHLA GUTTATA PALLASI (Cabanis). HERMIT THRUSH. (759b) 
A rather common spring and fall migrant. Arrives in the spring about 
the twentieth of April, or perhaps earlier, and may be seen at least as late 
as the middle of May. A quiet, retiring bird, not often seen except by those 
who are curious and know when and where to look for it. 
Carroll County: October 5, 1878, one collected. May 11, 1883, found one 
dead near the Evans schoolhouse, Tippecanoe Township. March 30, 1884, 
a thrush believed to be this species seen today: April 23, several seen along 
Deer Creek near Camden. 
Vigo County: April 1, 1888, three seen; 17th, collected two females east 
of the fair grounds; 19th, shot a female west of Terre Haute. October 15, 
1889, Dr. J. T. Scovell collected one near Terre Haute. April 12, 1890, four 
males collected on Honey Creek; 16th. one male and two females secured 
at Sand Hill; another female at the same place on 24th, and a male on 30th. 
Noted also in Monroe County but I have no definite records. 
There is among the songs 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 song. 
Solitary the Thrush, 
The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, 
Sings by himself a song. 
; —Whitman. 
236. PLANESTICUS MIGRATORIUS MIGRATORIUS (Linnzeus). ROBIN. (761) 
Of all our birds the common Robin is the most familiar and best loved. 
In all the counties covered by this paper it is a common summer resident, 
and, usually a few remain all winter in favorable places along the rivers 
and creeks, particularly where there are wild grapes, hackberries, and other 
trees, shrubs or vines that furnish it with food. 
The robins are among the first to return from the south. They are al- 
ways hailed as harbingers of spring, and their coming is always an event 
that brings pleasure to all who are at all observing. Even as early as the 
first day of March, or sometimes as early as January, they may be seen. 
