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April and the 2nd of May; while in the Caloosahatchie region it is a regular migrant (Scott, mans 
vii. p. 119, ix. p. 214). 
A single specimen from “ Mexico " is in the Seebohm Collection, but no authentic occurrence of 
the species in that country has been recorded, as Sumichrast's identification of Wilson's Thrush near 
Orizaba (Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. i. p. 543) is doubtful (Salvin & Godman, Biol. Centr. -Amer., 
Aves, i p. 10). It visits Cuba in winter (Cory, Auk, iii. p. 2), and has been obtained By 
Dr. G. F. Gaumer rather plentifully in the islands of Cozumel, Bonacca, and Ruatan (Salvin, Ibis, 
1888, p. 243). А single specimen has been procured near San José in Costa Rica, in October 1889, 
as recorded by Mr. Cherrie (Auk, vii. p. 337). 
In Panama it has been once obtained by McLeannan (Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 326), and 
Messrs. Salvin and Godman have seen a specimen from Aspinwall in Mr. Boucard's collection (Biol. 
Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p.10). Mr. H. Whitely met with the species at Camacusa in British Guiana 
in April (Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 196), and Mr. Wickham also procured an example at Santarem on the 
River Amazon (Salvin & Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 10). Four specimens were 
obtained at San Vicente in Brazil by Natterer (Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 92), and Mrs, Herbert Smith 
also met with the species at Chapada in Matto Grosso in November and February, as recorded by 
Dr. J. A. Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. iii. p. 341, 1891). 
A specimen of a small Thrush, believed by Gätke to be this species, was obtained in 
Heligoland in 1833, but the record cannot be considered satisfactory (Gütke, Helgol., Engl. ed. p. 244). 
Prof. Elliott Coues has given the following interesting account of the habits of Turdus f'uscescens 
(B. Color. Vall. p. 39):—“ The Veery's mating and nest-building season, when the bird is in full 
song, is the genial month of May, in most parts of the United States; aud two broods may be 
reared under propitious surroundings. But further northward, where alone have I myself found 
the bird in its home, and heard its seductive epithalamium, the shorter span of the summer season 
suffices but for a single brood. Тһе yearly crisis of the bird's life is delayed till June, and the 
young are not seen abroad until the latter end of that month, if indeed before July. Тһе heavy 
growth of timber that fringes the streams includes many nooks and dells, and broken ravines 
overgrown with thick shrubbery, from out the masses of which the tall trees tower, as if stretching 
forth their strong arms in kindly caressing of the humbler and weaker vegetation, their offspring. 
In such safe retreats, where the sombre shade is brightened here and there with stray beams of 
sunlight, in the warmth of which myriads of insects bathe their wings and flutter away their little 
span of life, humming a quaint refrain to the gurgle of the rivulet, the Veery meets his mate—the 
song rises—the wooed is won—the home is made. Should we force our unwelcome presence 
upon the bird who is brooding her newly-found treasures with the tenderest solicitude, she will 
nestle closer still, in hope of our passing by, till we might almost touch her; when, without a word 
of remonstrance or reproach, she takes a little flight, and settles a few yards away, in silent appeal. 
If the time, the place, the scene, suffice not for our forbearance, with what poor words of hers may 
we then be moved ? 
“ Тһе nest will be found at our feet, most likely beneath some bush, resting upon a bed of 
leaves, or supported in the forks of some stems which spring directly from the ground. It seems 
large for the size of the bird, and perhaps not so neat and finished as we might expect; for the 
Veery, though a patient and faithful housekeeper, cares little for appearances. Among the various 
materials which enter into its composition, withered leaves form a large part, especially of the 
outer walls, while grass-stems, weed-stalks, and bark-strips are more compactly woven inside. 
There is no special lining of the interior, and the cavity is small. The nest may contain four, 
perhaps five, eggs, like those of the Hermit-Thrush, greenish-blue, without marking, except in rare 
instances, when a few specks appear, especially about the larger end. 
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