l68 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



.Earliest record. New Haven, April 30, 1908, April 29, 1882 

 (L. C. S.) ; Portland, April 27, 1908. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 2, 1904, Nov. 4, 1874, 1875 

 (Merriam) ;^ Portland, Oct. 12, 1909. 



Winter records. Jan. 24, 1900, Guilford, one taken (A. H. 

 V. and L. B. B.) ; Jan. 4, 1904, Berlin, bird which had spent winter, 

 being fed by people, died of starvation (seen by J. H. S.) ; Dec. 

 24, 191 1, South Norwalk (W. F. Smith) .^ 



Nest. In a thicket, such as in an elder bush or grape-vine, 

 or low willow, or tangle of bushes, 3 to 12 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. 2-5, commonly 4; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 17, 1887, nest with 

 five eggs (J. N. C.).' Latest record. July '26, 1889, nest with 

 three fresh eggs (W. I. C.) ;* Aug. 4, 1882, two young (L. B. B.). 



Unusual nesting records. June 5, 1889, nest composed largely 

 of paper (L. B. B.) ; May 20, 1893, nest with five eggs, built 

 inside old Robin's nest (Beers) ; June 3, 1894, Branford, nest 

 with six eggs (Nichols). 



Mr. John Nichols records having seen eggs of this species 

 spotted with red. 



Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus). Brown Thrasher. 



A common summer resident from May until September; win- 

 ters accidentally. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 23, 1906, April 21, 1906 

 (A. A. S. and E. S. W.) ; Portland, March 28, 1879, April 20, 

 1910. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 24, 1911 ; Portland, Oct. 20, 

 1890; Branford, Nov. 29, 191 1 (John Nichols). 



Winter records.' Shortly before Feb. 15, 1896, Bethel, col- 

 lected by E. T. and H. C. Judd (in coll. of H. C. Judd) ; Jan. 17, 

 Feb. II and 22, 1912, South Norwalk (W. F. Smith) .^ 



Nest. Commonly on the ground at the foot of' a stump, in a 

 heap of brush, in bushes up to 4 feet from the ground, or very 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 8. 

 ^Bird-Lore, xiv, 2, p. 114. 

 3 0. and O., xii, 10, p. 174. 

 * Oologist, vi, 12, p. 231. 

 ^Bird-Lore, xiv, 2, p. 114. 



