176 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



Thrush, but not so lively and more melancholy. Its 

 food consists of insects and berries. 



Thrush^ Swainson''s. See Olive-backed Thrush. 



Thrush^ ff*il.soM's, or \*eevy. — Length, seven and 

 a half inches; bill, half an incb; above, uniform tawny 

 brown; below, white; breast and sides of throat, pale buff, 

 faintly spotted with brown. This bird is distinguished 

 from all the other Thrushes by the paleness of the spots 

 on the breast and the fact that they do not extend back 

 on the fore part of the belly; feet, light. 



The nest is built on or near the ground, of sticks, bark, 

 twigs, roots and leaves and lined with leaves, small roots 

 and tendrils. The eggs are from three to five in number, 

 of a greenish blue, and five-sixths by one-third of an inch 

 in size. 



The birds breed from the middle of New Jersey north- 

 ward and spend the winter in Mexico and the south. 

 They breed and spend the summer in Northern New Jer- 

 sey; migrants pass through from May 5 to May 25 and 

 again from September 1 to September 20. 



Their song is considered one of the finest heard and is 

 compared by Professor Ridgvvay to taweel-ah-taweel-ah, 

 tivil-ah, twil-ah. 



Their food consists of insects and berries. 



Thrush^ If'ooff. — Length, one and one-third inches; 

 bill, three-fifths of an inch, dark brown; tawny biown 

 above, becoming very bright on the head and shading in- 

 to olive brown on the tail; below, pure white, with round 

 black spots extending back to the flanks; ear coverts, 

 streaked black and white. 



The nest is built on saplings in low trees and bushes 

 and is compactly woven of leaves, roots, sticks and tendrils, 

 lined with mud and this lined with fine roots. The eggs 

 are from three to five in number, greenish blue in color, 

 and one inch by three-fourths of an inch in size. 



