Birds of Indiana. 1149 



shrubbery of larger farm yards. In fact, it has been noted as so 

 doing in the east (King, Geol. of Wis., I., p. 474). While it would 

 probably demand its toll in fruit, yet it would grind therefore an 

 enormous grist of insects. They begin to leave in August, and often 

 are not seen after the first of September, while other falls they occur 

 after the first of October. The latest record from Brookville is Sep- 

 tember 7, 1886; Lafayette, September 15, 1894; Sedan, October 15, 

 1894; Cincinnati, 0., October 7, 1877; Warren County, September 20, 

 1897. While some remain on our southern border, others go as far 

 south to winter as Honduras (Biol. Cent. Am. Aves., Vol. I., p. 9). 



*315. (756). Turdus fuscescens Steph. 



■Wilson's Thrush. 



Synonym, Veery. 



Adult. — Above, uniform light tawny-brown; below, white; breast, 

 buffy, it and sides of throat marked with wedge-shaped spots of about 

 the same color as the back, often arranged in more or less regular rows; 

 sides of belly slightly grayish. 



Length, 6.45-7.75; wing, 3.75-4.15; tail, 2.70-3.30. 



Eange. — America, from Brazil over eastern United States to New- 

 foundland and Manitoba. Breeds from North Carolina along the AUe- 

 ghanies, Pennsylvania and Indiana northward. Winters from Florida 

 southward. 



Nest, on ground or near it, loosely constructed of dry leaves, bark 

 shreds, grass and weeds; no mud. Eggs, 3-5; grayish-blue; rarely 

 marked; .85 by .67. 



Wilson's Thrush is chiefly a rare migrant, but occurs occasionally 

 as a summer resident and breeds. Some places common. In Franklin 

 County it is one of the rarest birds. But two specimens have been 

 taken in twenty years; in Carroll and Monroe counties it is not very 

 common, and from many localities where there are .active collectors 

 it has never been reported. Dr. F. W. Langdon gives it as "a rare 

 migrant in April in the vicinity of Cincinnati" (Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., January, 1879, p. 169). 



It is usually found late in April and early May, but has appeared 

 as early as April 9 and remained southward until late in May. Mr. 

 Eobert Ridgway informs me it breeds in Knox and Gibson counties, 

 and in Dekalb County Mrs. Jane L. Hine said "it will average toler- 

 ably common. Abundant in a very few localities, as about the bush 

 and willow-grown bottom land of Stony Lake." In 1897 she informs 

 me they are becoming rare. It possibly breeds in other localities 



