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''299. Turdus mustelinus Gmel. WOOD THRUSH. 



Common % summer resident; breeds. A characteristic songster of the denser 

 woodland. Arrives in Southern Indiana April 15th to 20th, and within the next 

 ten days is found throughout the State. They mate 1 the last week in April and 

 early in May ; full sets of eggs are sometimes found as early as May 6th to 10th, 

 and their nests are met with through May, June and the early part of July July 

 8th. They pass south late in August and early in September. 



*300. Turdus fuscescens Steph. WILSON'S THRUSH; VEKRY. 



Common migrant over the western and northern part of th State, but very 

 rare in Southeastern Indiana; locally resident. In Franklin County but two 

 specimens have ever been taken, and I know of no others from the Whitewater 

 valley. Dr. Langdon notes it as " a rare migrant in April, in the vicinity of Cin- 

 cinnati." ( Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist. Jan., 1879, p. 3.) Mr. Ridgway notes it as 

 breeding in Knox and Gibson counties. Mr?. Jane L. Hine, writing of Dekalb 

 County, says it is "tolerably common summer resident, April 28th to September 

 7th; breeds; abundant in willow-grown bottom land of Stony creek." 



301. Turdus aliciae JBa>'r.i. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH; ALICE'S THRUSH. 



Migrant; common in some localities in the Waba^h valley. In southeastern 

 Indiana it is generally rare. Dr. Langdon notes it is in the vicinity of Cincinnati 

 " rather common early in October, feeding on the berries of the sour gum." (Jour. 

 Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist. Jan., 1879, p. 3.) Mr. Ridgway says of it in Knox County: 

 "During the last week of April and the first three weeks of May it was very com- 

 mon; perhaps more so than any of the small thrushes." (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 Jan., 1882, p. 18.) Prof. Evermann notes it as common in Vigo County. 



302. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.). OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH ; SWAINSON'S THRUSH. 



Common migrant; may possibly breed in extreme northern portion of the 

 State. Arrive from the South April 25th, and pass northward by May 9th. In 

 autumn they are present throughout September. "A rare summer resident in the 

 north of the State." Bray ton (Ind. Birds, p. 95). 



303. Turdus aonalasohkae pallasii ( Cab.) . HERMIT THRUSH. 



Abundant; migrant; frequenting the more open woodland and the wooded 

 banks of streams. May occasionally breed, since Dr. Langdon gives, upon the au- 

 thority of Mr. Charles Dury, a note concerning the taking of the nest and eggs near 

 Cincinnati, May 10, 1877. (Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. His., Jan., 1879, p. 3.) Arrives 

 before the other thrushes in the spring, and remains after them in the fall. In 

 Southern Indiana they may occasionally be found as early as March 29, and remain 

 until April 30. Mr. Deane informs me they were abundant about English Lake 

 May 25 and 26, 1889. In autumn they are found in the northern part of the State 

 by September 22, and have disappeared on their journey southward by October 25. 



SUBFAMILY TURDUS. LINNAEUS. 



GENUS MERULA LEACH. 

 5 304. Merula migratoria (Linn.). AMERICAN ROBIN. 



Abundant summer resident; breeds; resident regularly, in some numbers, 

 southward, and occasionally, in suitable seasons, throughout the State and north 



