Extracts from Diary of Otto Widmann 77 



sing, their tiny forms were detected in a few places in the 

 deep forest. 



The Thrush family was represented by three species: 

 The Wood Thrush in full song near the Table Rock ; the 

 Alice's and Swainson's Thrushes, transients on their 

 way to far northern breeding grounds, were well scat- 

 tered and met with every day. The absence of the Robin 

 can be explained by the nearness of Branson to the south- 

 ern limit of its breeding range, Robins being very rare 

 in summer south of Missouri. One pair of Bluebirds was 

 all that was met with, though the species is not rare in 

 summer in Southern Missouri. 



