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Hermit Thrush?) "rare in Wayne County " (B. H. Swales); " Lenawee County" (A. H. 

 Boies); "rare and transient in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); "occurs at Mackinac 

 Island" (S.E.White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds north; we have never 

 found it nesting here; J. B. Purdy of Plymouth, has never seen or found a nest at that 

 place; Dr. M. Gibbs reports taking nests and eggs in Kalamazoo County; (Is not this a 

 mistake?) nests in low shrubs in June; nest compact with no mud; eggs, four, bluish 

 green, and peculiar in being specked with varying shades of brown; this bird is a sweet 

 and almost continuous singer. Dr. M. Gibbs gives an excellent description of this bird 

 and its nesting and migration in O. and O., Vol. X, 1885, p. 26. 



330-7591>-(10). Turdus aonalaschkse pallasii (Cab.). * Hermit Thrush; Cathe- 

 dral Bird; Rufus-tailed Thrush; Ground Swamp Robin; Swamp Angel. 

 April and May to Oct.; " Monroe County, common, transient " (Jerome Trombley); 

 " occurs at Mackinac Island " (S. E. White); " Upper Peninsula " (H. Nehrling); " com- 

 mon at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds north; nests taken in Montcalm 

 County, by Dr. Gibbs, June 23, 1882; also " in Ottawa County, May 15, 1879, by W. A. 

 Gunn" (Dr. M. Gibbs); nests in June, usually on the ground, "in July at Mackinac 

 Island" (S. E. White), rarely in low shrubs; the nest loosely constructed and without' 

 mud; eggs three or four, light blue, immaculate. For interesting account of the habits 

 of this bird, see article by Dr. M. Gibbs in O. and O., Vol. X, p. 27. 



Genus MEEOLA Leach. 



HobiD, natural size. 



331-761-(1). Merula migratoria (Linn.). * American Robin; Robin. 



Very common; throughout the entire state; "very common at Iron Mountain" (E. 

 E. Brewster); March to October; rarely throughout the winter; " Grand Rapids Feb. 28, 

 1892" (E. B. Boies); retires in winter to protected localities and so is not so often seen; 

 "Traverse City" (Dr. M. L. Leach); "occurs at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); 

 "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); occasionally albinos; I knew an albino female, presum- 

 ably the same bird, to nest two successive summers in the same nest; breeds; often two 

 brooded; "always double brooded i£ undisturbed" (Dr. M. Gibbs); nests on fences, in 

 trees, on ledges under eaves, in old nests, rarely of other birds, "in buildings" (O. and 

 O., Vol. XIV, 1889, p. 43) etc.; eggs three to five, greenish blue, " rarely sprinkled with 

 brown" (A. W. Butler); eats myriads of insects, mostly noxious species, angleworms 

 and fruit, cherries, berries and grapes; 40 per cent of the food of birYls examined by 

 Prof. Forbes (report Michigan Horticultural Society, 1881, p. 204) was found to be 

 canker worms. 



