174: THE BIRDS OP NEW JERSEY. 



1883, when the breeding birds were killed off for millinery 

 purposes, leaving the young to starve to death. Like the 

 preceeding they vaiy a fish food with insects of all kinds. 



Tern^ •JMarsh. See Gull -billed Tern. 



Tertt^ n'ilson-s. See Common Tern. 



Thistle-bird. See Goldfinch. 



Thritsh., •Mlice^s, See Gray-Cheeked Thrush. 



Thrush^Blarkbird . See Rusty Blackbird. 



Thrush,, ISrotrti. See Brown Thrasher. 



Thrush,, Goldeu-croivueil. See Ovenbird. 



Thrush, Oruy-eheeked. — Length, seven and a half 

 inches; bill, one-half inch in length, slender. Above, 

 brownish olive, nearly uniform, though tail and wings 

 are a trifle brighter; below, white, shading into a hght 

 huff on the l)reast; breast and fore part of the abdomen 

 spotted with olive brown; sides of the head, whitish with 

 whitish streaks on the ear coverts and white spot before 

 the eye; legs, light flesh color. The birds breed in low 

 bushes and shrubs, making a nest of grasses, leaves, bark 

 and lining it with finer grasses. The eggs are four in 

 number, greenish blue with brown spots, and one inch by 

 three-fourths in size. It breeds north of the United 

 States and spends the winter in Mexico and the south. 

 In New Jersey it is transient, not very numerous, occur- 

 ring about the middle of May and again between Septem- 

 ber 20 and October 10. Torrey gives its song as weeo, 

 iree-o, tit-li ivee-o. It feeds on berries and insects. 



Thrush,, Hermit. — Length, seven and one- fifth inches; 

 extent, eleven inches; bill, half an inch long, black above, 



