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being quite scanty. The eggs, 3 or 4, some 1.00 X •'^5, in 

 form and color are like those of the Robin. 



When the nest of this species is disturbed or even 

 approached, it has an animated twitter, almost as character- 

 istic as its song, also a soft chuck. I do not find this bird 

 particularly shy, as compared with other birds of the woods. 



Like other Thrushes, it is often on the ground, not infre- 

 quently utters its song from a log or stump, and seldom 

 alights above the lower story of the woods. Berries and 

 insects constitute its fare. Its flight is regular, and not very 

 rapid. 



About 8 inches long, the upper parts are bright brown, , 

 reddish on the head, dusky on the rump and tail, eye-lids 

 white, ear-patches dark brown and white striped, under- 

 parts white, breast creamy, the dark-brown arrow-shaped 

 spots being quite large and running in chains.. The males 

 and females are alike, after the manner of the Thrushes. 



Migrating to New England early in May, very rare in 

 southwestern Maine, it extends further north into Canada 

 West. I found it common about Manitoulin Island, and 

 heard its song in the Lacloche Mountains. Early in autumn 

 it leaves us for its winter home in Central America. Audu- 

 bon reported a few on the gulf coast in winter, but Mr. 

 Maynard did not find it in Florida. 



Wilson's thrush. 



From a thicket of undergrowth near by there comes a 

 loud querulous note, which may be spelled as chree-^i. I rec- 

 ognize it at once as the alarm note of Wilson's Thrush 

 (Turdus fuscescens)., a very common summer resident of this 

 locality, arriving early in May and leaving early in September. 

 There, he has alighted on a large stump within two rods of 

 me, and in full view. Some 7.00 long, or more, he is rather 



