332 Trans. Acad. Sct. of St. Lous. 
(March 30, 1913, exceptionally early) and leaves from the mid- 
dle to last of August. It nests during the middle of May; four 
or five eggs are laid. The nest is one of the most wonderful 
examples of bird workmanship known. It is an exquisitely 
formed cup, rather deep, composed of down from buds, bits of 
fine twigs and leafy material woven together with spider webs 
and thickly covered over with delicate bits of lehens. It is 
saddled on branches or between the forks of horizontal limbs 
like the nest of the Hummingbird and is usually from twenty 
to thirty feet from the ground. Favorite nesting sites are dry 
ledges or hillsides grown over with oak. 
Gnateatchers may be found in the bluff regions, in Swope Park 
and vicinity, and around Independence and Dodson. 
Family Turpipar. Thrushes, Solitaries, Stonechats, 
Bluebirds, ete. 
Subfamily Turdinae. Thrushes. 
HyYLocicHLA MUSTELINA (Gmelin). Wood Thrush. 
Very common summer resident. 
The Wood Thrush is the favorite songbird of most bird lovers, 
especially those who have not heard the Hermit Thrush. It 
arrives from the 23rd to 28th of April and leaves during the 
second and third weeks of September. 
It nests during the middle of May in damp woods and tim- 
bered creek bottoms and ravines, and comes into the city freely 
to breed. Some places in town where it nests regularly are 
Penn Valley Park, Karnes Boulevard, 36th and Gillham, Ar- 
mour and Paseo (a most unusual place), 46th and Gillham, 
Rockhill and Country Club regions, Swope Park and all the 
cemeteries. 
HYLOCICHLA FUSCESCENS SALICICOLA Ridgway. Willow Thrush. 
Regular but rather rare migrant. 
This subspecifie form of the Veery is seen regularly during 
migration, but is never common. The spring records are be- 
tween the 4th and 23rd of May: the fall records between Sep- 
tember 10th and October 14th. It may be looked for in any 
wooded section of the county, high or low. 
HYLOCICHLA ALICIAE ALICIAE (Baird). Gray-cheeked Thrush. 
Fairly common migrant. 
The Gray-cheeked Thrush is present in all wooded sections 
