NO. 2O.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 



A young albino without a single dark feather was taken in 

 Trumbull, July 10, 1889 (in Averill coll. of the Bpt. Sci. Soc.). 



Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens (Stephens). Wilson's 

 Thrush. Veery. 



A common summer resident of damp woodland throughout the 

 state from May until July. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May i, 1896, April 30, 1888 

 (L. B. W.), 1906 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 27, 1907. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 22, 1903; Portland, Aug. 

 30, 1894. 



Nest. On the ground underneath a bush or among dead leaves 

 in the woods, in a tussock of grass in a swamp, very rarely as 

 much as a foot above the ground in a bush. Building, May 



J 5-30. 



Eggs. 4-5 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 20, 190x3, three eggs 

 (J. C. A. M.). Latest record. June 13, 1905, Litchfield 

 (E. S. W.). 



Spotted eggs were found in Litchfield, May 30, 1903 (L. B. 

 W. andE. S. W.). 



Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola Ridgway. Willow Thrush. 



A visitor from the West during migrations. 



Connecticut records. May 5, 1894, Woodbridge; Sept. 23, 

 1895, New Haven; May 16, 1900, May 14, 1904, East Haven; 

 each time an adult male taken by L. B. B. 



Hylocichla aliciae aliciae (Baird). Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



A common spring and fall migrant in May and September. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 9, 

 1900; Portland, May n, 1893; Litchfield, May 7, 1905 (E. S. 

 W.). Latest record. New Haven, May 27, 1896, May 29, 1907 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, May 27, 1885; Seymour, May 29, 1888 

 (Eames) ; Bridgeport, May 29, 1889 (Eames). 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 5, 1906; 

 Portland, Sept. 14, 1895. Latest record. New Haven, Oct. n, 

 1906; Portland, Sept. 26, 1893; East Hartford, Oct. 5, 1887 

 (W. E. T.). 



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