MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS. 



505 



Fig. 400 



ceSj west to Rockies; winters in southern 

 States, casually north to mass.; south in 

 Sept. and Oct., north in April 

 and May. Frequents thickets, 

 often near dwellinofs. Sonpr, rich 

 and varied, sometimes mimicing 

 other birds; notes, rather deliber- 

 ately given. Nests in thickets, 

 uses grape vine bark outward}'; 

 eggs, green-blue. 



579. k?:y west catbird. 



Smaller than last; darker, 

 but with forehead grayish. Key 



nr 171 Brown 



West, J^la. Thrasher. 1-6 



580. BROWN THRASHER. 



Larger, 11.50; bright red-brown above; 

 wing-bands and beneath, buff-white; streak- 

 ed on side of neck, breast and sides with 

 brown, fio^. 400. Breeds throughout eastern 

 U. S.; winters from N. C. southward to Fla.; 

 south in Oct., north in April and Mav. 



