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north towaiil the (Ircat Laki^s, Southern New York ami Soiilhein New 

 England, straggling north to Massacliusetts and Maine. 



Kest, a model of bird architeeture, conipact-walled and contracted at the 

 brim, elegantly stuccoed with lichens fixed to slender twigs at a height varying 

 from ten to fifty or sixty feet from the ground. 



Eggs, four or five, greeni.sli-white, .speckled w itli reddish, und)er-bi-ovvn and 

 lilac. 



The Gn;itc;iteliei- is, T believe, a rei^iilar .suiiiiner resident in South- 

 ern Ontario, thouijh apparently locally distributed and not very 

 abundant. There is one particular patch of bush where 1 usuall}^ see 

 this species every spring, but elsewhere I have not observed it. Mr. 

 Dickson finds it regularly at Waterdown, and Mr. Saunders reports 

 it as not very rare near London. It keeps mostly to the tops of tall 

 trees, and might readily be overlooked by anyone not acquainted 

 with its habits. 



In the breeding season it is said to have a pleasing song, and it 

 shows considerable spirit in driving off intruders from the neighbor- 

 hood of its nest. 



In Ontario this species is apparently limited to the south-west 

 border, north of which I have not heard of its having been observed. 

 Mr. White has not met with it at Ottawa, neither is it mentioned in 

 any of the local lists north of those named. 



Family TITRDID^. Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, 

 Bluebirds, etc. 



Subfamily TURDINiE. Thrushes. 



GrENUS TURDUS LlNN^US. 



Subgenus HYLOCICHLA Baikd. 

 TURDUS MUSTELTNUS (Gmel.) 



310. Wood Thrush. (75.5) 



Above, bi'ight tawny, .shading into olive on nnnp and tail; l>eneath, white, 

 everywhere except throat and belly, with large distinct spots of dusky; bill, 

 dusky above, yellowish below; legs, tlesh-colored. Length, 7i inches; wing, 

 4 ; tail, 3. 



Hab. — Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Southern Michigan, 

 Ontario and Massachusetts, south, in winter, to Guatemala and Cuba. 



