BIRDS o? INDIANA. 1151 



RANGE. America, from Brazil north over interior region, between 

 Utah and Mississippi River to British Columbia. Accidental in Illi- 

 nois, Indiana and South Carolina. 



Nest and eggs, similar to those of last species. 



This western form of Wilson's Thrush is of rare or accidental occur- 

 rence during the migrations about the lower end of Lake Michigan. 

 Mr. H. K. Coale obtained a specimen at Chicago, 111., September 16, 

 1877. It was submitted to Mr. Robert Ridgway, who verified the 

 identification. Mr. J. G. Parker, Jr., informs me that he took a male 

 of this form at Grand Crossing, 111., April 29, 1886, and two at Liver- 

 pool, Ind., May 5, 1894. 

 



317. (757). Turdus aliciae BAIRD. 



Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 Synonym, ALICE'S THRUSH. 



Adult. Above, uniform olive; whitish ring around eye; sides of 

 head nearly uniform grayish; below, white, the throat and upper 

 breast often tinged with bright buff, the sides of the former and all 

 the latter with triangular dark-grown or blackish spots; the sides 

 washed with ashy, sometimes tinged with brownish. 



Length, 7.00-7.75; wing, 3.75-4.40; tail, 2.95-3.40. 



Note. This species is slightly larger and more plainly grayer on 

 sides of head than T. ustalatus swainsonii. 



RANGE. America, from Columbia over eastern United States to 

 Labrador and Alaska; also eastern Siberia. Breeds from Labrador 

 and Hudson Bay north. Winters in Central America and southward. 



Nest, in woods, in low bush, 2 to 7 feet up; of moss, strips of bark, 

 old leaves and grass. Eggs, deep green, marked with russet-brown 

 spots; .92 by .67. 



The Gray-cheeked Thrush is generally not a common migrant in 

 Indiana. 



Some places it is very rare and others it at times is common. In 

 the Whitewater Valley it is very rare. I, myself, have never seen a 

 specimen in Franklin County. Prof. Evennann does not give it from 

 Carroll County, but says it is a* common migrant in Monroe County 

 (Hoosier Naturalist, May 1, 1887, p. 145). At Spearsville it is toler- 

 ably common, where it has been noted April 14 and 15, 1894, April 

 3 to 10, 1895, and May 5, 1897 (Barnett); and at Lafayette, not very 

 common (L. A. and C. D. Test). Mr. Robert Ridgway has this to 

 say regarding its occurrence in Kn ox County in the spring of 1881: 

 "The exact date of the arrival of this species was not noted, but was 



