1086 EEPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



Haute (Evermann and Slonaker); Parke and Montgomery counties, in 

 the former of which I found a nest, containing one fresh egg, on the 

 ground, on the side of a ravine at Shades of Death; Lafayette (L. A. 

 and C. D. Test). They are rather common at Bloommgton (William- 

 son, Blatchley); Greencastle (Earlle, Jenkins); Morgan County (Had- 

 ley); Moore's Hill (Hubbard), and Spearsville (Barnett). I have found 

 them rather common to the southern boundary of Fayette County, 

 in the Whitewater Valley. They have been reported from Dunreith 

 (Pleas), and as rare at Lebanon ( Beasley). Two specimens were taken 

 three miles southwest of Indianapolis, in May, 1878 (Dr. A. W. Bray- 

 ton). They are quite common in the vicinity of Cincinnati (Dury and 

 Freeman, Journ. Cin. Soc. Xat. Hist., 1879). The farthest north its 

 range has been extended in this State is Gibson Station, where, Mr. C. 

 E. Aiken informs me, several specimens were taken in May, 1871. 

 It has, however, been taken in Michigan (Cook, B. of M., p. 136). 

 They arrive from April 17 to May 16. In some localities most of 

 them disappear by the middle of July, while at other places they are 

 reported common until the last of August, and occasionally remain 

 until October. 



Extreme dates of their arrival are: At Bloomington, April 17, 

 1886, May 7, 1892; Knox County, April 20, 1881; Brookville, April 

 20, 1896, May 16, 1884; Terre Haute, April 28, 1889, May 5, 1888; 

 Spearsville, April 29, 1895; Moore's Hill, May 1, 1893; Lebanon, April 

 26, 1894; Lafayette, May 6, 1893, May 8, 1892. I have observed them 

 mating at Brookville, May 16, 1884. They were found breeding near 

 Bloomington, May 6, 1886 (Evermann), where young were noted just 

 out of the nest, June 4, 1886 (Blatchley). August 2, 1897, I found 

 an old bird feeding a young one in a thicket along a quiet wooded 

 stream near Brookville. 



As it occurs, walking upon the smoother ground, it reminds one 

 much of the Golden-crowned Thrush in its actions. It carries its 

 body evenly balanced, apparently, and the equilibrium is only main- 

 tained with much difficulty by using its tail as a balance, causing that 

 appendage to bob up and down. Hopping about a steep, springy bank, 

 it reminds one of the Worm-eating Warbler, as it climbs over roots, 

 sticks and logs, now disappearing from view in a hole beneath the 

 roots, then behind a log, here stopping to peck at an insect, and there 

 turning over the leaves. 



Where a little stream trickled out of the glacial till, it finds much 

 food that attracts it. Occasionally, even, it would seize an insect in 

 the air, after the manner of a Redstart. As it moves about it occa- 

 sionally utters a tchip, and more rarely sings its song, which at other 



