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2. H. PALLASI (Cab.) Bd. Hermit Thrush. This thrush is olive brown above, 

 becoming rufuous on the rump and tail; breast with dusky spots. L. 7; W. 3^. 

 An abundant spring and fall migrant. April i to May 10, and September 20th to 

 even November. 



With Swainson's thrush and Alice's thrush, it frequents the shrubbery in vacant 

 lots in Chicago during both migrations. (Nelson.) But the English sparrows- 

 were not very abundant at Chicago at that time. I have seen this thrush in the 

 parks of Indianapolis during the spring migration. 



John Burroughs (Birds and Poets, page 46) speaks of the wood thrush and her- 

 mit thrush as the most melodious of our songsters; "birds whose strains, more 

 than any others, express harmony and serenity." 



3. H. SWAINSONI (Cab.) Bd. Olive-Backed Thrush. Uniform olive above ;, 

 large dusky olive spots on breast and throat ; breast and sides of head buffy-tinted ;, 

 a plain buffy ring about the eye. L. 7^ ; W. 4. An abundant migrant ; a rare 

 summer resident in the north of the State. 



4. H. ALICIi^. Bd. Alice Thrush. (Alice Kennicot.) Like Swainsoni, only 

 without ring or buffy cheeks — probably a variety. 



Of its song Nelson says.' " I have rarely heard this species sing except during 

 damp, gloomy days in spring when trees and bushes were dripping with a fine misty 

 rain. On such occasions I have been greeted by the clear metallic notes of this- 

 thrush rising clear and strong, filling the air with a sweet, indescribable melody, 

 and then dying away in measured cadence until the last notes are scarcely distin- 

 guishable. As the first strain ends, the song is reechoed by hidden musicians on 

 every hand until every tree seemed to give forth the wierd music." 



5. H. FUSCESCENS, (Steph.) Bd. Tomny Thrush. Wilson's Thrush. Veery. 

 Uniform tawny above; breast and throat washed with pinkish or brownish yellow, 

 and marked with small indistinct brownish spots. L. 7^ ; W. ^y^ ; T. 41-^. 



TURD US LINN ALUS. Robins. 



6. TURDUS MIGRATORIUS L. ROBIN. A^nerican Redbreast. Olive gray ;: 

 head and tail blackish ; throat white with black streaks ; under parts chestnut 

 brown. L. 9^; W. 5^ ; T. 5^. This common summer resident arrives the last 

 of February in large flocks. They commence their rough-and-tumble, mud-lined 

 nests the middle of April, and some continue nesting all summer. They leave in 

 October and early November ; some few may stay through the winter in the 

 southern part of the State. 



MOCKING THRUSHES. [Mimime.) 

 HARPORHYNCHUS. Cabanis. Mocking Thrushes. 



7. H. RUFUS (L.) Cab. Brown Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Sandy Mocking 

 Bird. Cinnamon red above; spotted thickly below; bill long and nearly straight, 

 A common summer resident ; comes in April, nests in low trees, or at the base of 

 saplings and bushes in the middle of May, and is off in September. A brilliant 

 tree-top performer in early spring. 



MIMUS. Boie. Mockiftg Birds. 



8. M. POLYGLOTTUS, (L.) Boie. Mocking Bird. Ashy brown above ; wings 

 blackish, with white wing bars ; tail dark, outer feathers white. As with other 



