Fig. 30.—General distribution of the veery. 
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Transient veeries also sing, but the song is not heard as of- 
ten as the songs of Swainson’s or gray-cheeked thrushes. 
Distribution 
The general distribution of the veery is shown in Fig. 
30. The nesting distribution in Illinois (Fig. 32) is still 
poorly known, and only a few students have actually found 
nests (Cooke 1888, Pratt 1890, Ford 1956, and Thompson 
1958). The two central Illinois records (Fig. 32), one an 
alleged dropped egg (Barnes 1890), and the other a singing 
male in Peoria in late June (Silloway 1922), are question- 
able as actual breeding records. Observers should look for 
the species in the summer throughout northern and central 
Illinois. 
Two types of habitat have been recorded in Illinois. In 
areas of Winnebago county, Lee Johnson (personal com- 
munication) has found nesting veeries in mature bottom- 
32 
land forest. The species has also been recorded in 
residential habitat (Pratt 1890, and Farwell 1919). 
field (1951) reported the best nesting habitat in I 
and Ohio to be sandy hillocks interspersed with bo; 
nesting veeries should be looked for in the Illinois 
areas also. 
Fall Migration 
Alfred Reuss (personal communication) has not 
the breeding population of veeries in northeastern 
becomes very inconspicuous in August, following the 
al pattern of other nesting species. The definite inc! 
veeries in late August is indicative of migration as | 
cies also appears then in central and southern Illinc 
31). An August 13 record for extreme southern 
(Gower 1933) is probably erroneous. The veery S 
gration is less prolonged than the migration period 
