i 3 2 THRUSHES 



Ellyn, common T. V., Apl. 23- June 6; Aug. Ifr-Oct. 34. SB. ' 

 Minn., common T. V., May 1-; Sept. 25-. 



We know this Thrush chiefly as a migrant when, in the 

 latter part of May, and again in September and October, 

 it passes us en route to and from its northern home. At 

 these seasons we may even hear its whistled puit from the 

 sky as it journeys through the night. " Its song," Dwight 

 says, "lacks the leisurely sweetness of the Hermit Thrush's 

 outpourings, nor is there pause, but in lower key and with 

 greater energy it bubbles on rapidly to a close rather than 

 fading out with the soft melody of its renowned rival." 



The Olive-back nests in bushes or low trees, and lays 

 3-4 greenish blue brown-spotted eggs in June. 



HERMIT THRUSH 

 Hylocichla guttata pallasi. Case 4, Fig. 77; Case 5, Fig. 36 



Back midway in color between Figs. 77 and 26 ; the tail noticeably 

 brighter, more rusty. L. yi. 



Range. Nests from Long Island (locally) , the higher parts of Con- 

 necticut, and central Minnesota northward to Canada, and south- 

 ward in the mountains to Maryland; winters from New Jersey 

 and Ohio Valley to the Gulf States and Cuba. 



Washington, very common T. V., sometimes not uncommon 

 W. V., Apl. 6-May 17; Sept. 18-Nov. 12. Ossining, common 

 T. V., Apl. S - May 9; Oct. 18-Nov. 26. Cambridge, very 

 common T. V., Apl. 15-May 5; Oct. 5-Nov. 15; occasionally 

 one or two may winter; one summer record. N. Ohio, common 

 T. V., Mch. 21-May 10; Oct. 2-a'8. Glen Ellyn, common T. V., 

 Mch. 18-May 11; Sept. 14-Nov. 1. SE. Minn., common T. V. 

 Apl. I-; Sept. 13-Oct. 26. 



The Hermit is the only one of the Thrushes to winter in 

 the eastern United States and it is, therefore, the first one 

 to reach us in the spring. It comes early in April and takes 

 about a month to complete its migration. It rarely sings 

 at this season and then only an echo of the heavenly music 

 which has won for it first place among American songsters. 



We may know the Hermit Thrush by the season in 

 whiGh he visits us, by his reddish brown tail, which he 



