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it is found everywhere in the woods. In the spring it fre- 

 quents the swampy woods, and is more shy. Arrives from 

 the south from April 9th to 22d ; remains about two weeks, 

 when it departs northward. Arrives from the north about 

 October 1st. Becomes very plentiful by the 10th. By the 

 1st of November the greater part disappear, although a few 

 remain until quite late in the month. Have taken it in 

 Coos County, northern New Hampshire, on October 31st, 

 although the ground was covered with snow six inches deep 

 at the time ! also in Oxford County, Maine, as late as No- 

 vember 6th. 



I have never heard it give any note, except a low chirp 

 of alarm, while passing through Massachusetts. A few 

 undoubtedly breed here. I have seen it at Hyannis on 

 July 3, 1868. There is also a nest containing four eggs, 

 labelled as belonging to this bird, collected at North Bev- 

 erly, June 14, 1868, by Mr. E. P. Emmerton, in the mu- 

 seum of the Peabody Academy of Science at Salem. 



5. Turdus fuscescens, STEPH. Wilson's Thrush, 

 Tawny Thrush, " Veery." Common summer resident. Ar- 

 rives from April 30th to May 12th; leaves about the 1st 

 of September. Found everywhere in the woods, where it 

 breeds abundantly. 



6. Turdus Swainsonii, CAB. Olive-backed Thrush. 

 Rather rare spring and autumn migrant. Have taken it 

 from May 16th to June 1st in spring, and in autumn from 

 September 25th until October 9th. Frequents thick, swampy 

 woods and thickets, where, from its shy and retiring habits, 

 it is very difficult to detect. This bird is quite variable in 

 size and intensity of color, insomuch that ornithologists have 

 long considered specimens of a somewhat larger size (al- 

 though not always) and of a universally pale color, a "new" 

 and a "good species," called the "Gray-cheeked Thrush" 

 (Turdus Alicia?, Baird). It is strange that when the wide 

 differences in this family are so well known and so generally 



