BROWN THRASHER. 



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BROWN THRASHER. 



Brown Thrasher; Brown Thrush: HarporhyiicJms 

 rufus. 



Length ii^ inches; very long tail. 

 Upper parts reddish-brown; two whitish wing-bars. 

 Under parts white, streaked with black. 

 Resident (very common) from April 15 to October 15; 

 winters in the Southern States. 



The Thrasher is one of our finest songsters. When 

 he mounts to a tree-top and pours out his soul only 

 the Mockingbird can be compared with him. There 

 is indeed a decided resemblance in their songs, and 

 in Maryland the Thrasher is called Sandy Mocking- 

 bird, while farther south he goes by the name of 

 French Mockingbird. Although he sings in tree- 

 tops, he lives near the ground and is often seen in 

 road-side thickets, or dusting himself in the road, — 



