Oct., 1882.] 



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-I should be very much pleased 

 to see an article in your journal on some 

 of the Turdidae, viz : Turdus mustelina 

 (Wood Thrush,) T. Fallasi (Hermit 

 Thrush,) T. Sioainsoni (Olive-backed 

 Thrush,) and T. Ftisceseens (Wilson's 

 Thrush. All of these breed on the island 

 of Montreal, but their eggs resemble one 

 another so much that I have not been able 

 to identify the species. Therefore, I 

 should be glad to see a description of their 

 nests and eggs, as found by yourself or 

 ^ correspondents. — Ernest D. Wintle, Mon- 

 Q treat, Canada. 



[Oar experience with the Wilson Thrush-i s limited to one 

 <i nest, and that was found by Capt. Thos. J. Eigney, a very 

 S reliable assistant, who reported flushing a Thrush, new to 

 U him, in a swamp near Kockville, Conn., from a tuft or bog. 

 ■5 On examination the nest was found in the centre of the 

 * tuft and set well down into it, and the tuft was almost hld- 

 p den by a sltunk cabbage. The nest was a fine piece of 

 § bird architecture, the foundation being composed of leares 

 " carefully laid in layers, evidently to keep out the moisture. | 

 , Above that the nest was hke a well built Wood Thrush's 



nest, only it was rather deeper and not quite so large. It [ 

 [. contained four fresh eggs, which are still in our possession, j 

 L They are quite round and not much larger than Blue Birds' I 



eggs. We should be glad to hear from others in answer to i 

 ; the above. Probably our St. John contributors can help 

 » us out.— Bd. 



Wilson's Thrush i s by no means the com- 

 V mon bird in Summer in Southern Connect- 

 ^ icut it is in Massachusetts and northward. 

 3 ^ June 9, I foimd my first nest in the swamp 

 P - on Groton Long Point. The pure emer- \ 

 ■* ^ aids of the Thrush were dwarfed by the 

 I S presence of two large Cow-bird's eggs. 

 The nest was peculiar in being well raised 

 ^' from the ground by dry leaves stuffed into 

 " the uprights of a spoonwood clump which 

 ^snugly supported the structure itself, thus 

 ' corresponding in date and position with a 

 V'estern type found by Dr. Coues near 

 :^^mbina, Dacotah, on the Red River of 

 the-Norfch. j 



Cojiaecticuti, June, 1893. 



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> Let my inquii-er as to tliese sumnier breeding- 

 ranges take liis .stand anywhere in the grove of 

 moss-covered hornheams, about June 10th, 

 and hear an unrivalled medley. Above and 

 through the song of countless Parulaj, which 

 is like the droning of giant bees, is heard 

 the mocking cadence of Chats, the fiery out- 

 burst of the Orchard Oriole, and sweeter, 

 because rarer, the cry of tlie Veery. To no 

 other place in my territory can I take a friend 

 and jjroiTiise him the song of \yJ2soii's TJji^ysli. 

 In all of my collecting near Norwich liave 1 

 found but one nest of tliis species. But in 

 this restricted swamp every season 1 find one 

 or two pairs breeding witliout searoli. Indeed 

 I have really looked for no eggs on Groton 

 Long Point except Parula Warbler's, but in 

 observing the habits of tliis dominating 

 species, I got the random notes of its assooi- 

 |_^es and neighbors. 



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