OF ILLINOIS BIRDS 



1$ *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. S. 

 R., N.C.S. 



Commoner in the southern 

 portions of the state. Now 

 rare in some places, where 

 formerly it nested regular- 

 ly, in northern part of state. 



Townsend's Solitaire. 



Accidental visitor from the 

 west. One record Wau- 

 kegan, Lake County, (Nel- 

 son). 



THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, 

 ETC. 



f:j:--*Wood Thrush. S.R., N.C.S. 



Common in places, though 

 exceedingly rare now in 

 Richland County. So Ridg- 

 way informs us. 



fVeery. S.R., N.C. 

 Chiefly T. V. 



Willow Thrush. S.R. 



The common form in 

 Northeastern Illinois. Very 

 likely nests within our 

 limits. 



Gray-cheeked Thrush. T.V. 

 Very common. 



Bicknell's Thrush. T.V. 



Possibly a straggler within 

 our limits. Records from 

 Hancock County (Ridg- 

 way), and Lake County 

 (Coale), the latter having 

 met with it twice, the last 

 a crippled specimen found 

 Sept. 22, 1921 in his yard 

 at Highland Park, Lake 

 County. 



Olive-backed Thrush. T.V. 



Probably the most numer- 

 ous of our Thrushes. 



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