Open Nests in Woods, Thickets, Swampy Thickets 



Florida. Nesting habits are described as being identical with 

 those of the more northern bird. It is also known as the Palmetto 

 Bird. 



686. Canadian Warbler: Sylvania canadensis (Linn.) 



Eggs creamy white, spotted chiefly at the larger end with 

 reddish brown and lilac. 



See Page 92, Chapter V. 



705. Brown Thrasher: Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.) 



Eggs whitish, bluish, or greenish, with numerous fine light 

 reddish-brown specks evenly distributed. 



See Page 50, Chapter l. 



756. Wilson's Thrush; Veery: Turdus fuscescens Steph. 



A(/uU — Upper parts reddish or golden brown; under parts white 

 or grayish white, except the breast, which is tinged with 

 buff and spotted with brown. Length — 7.52. 



Breeding Range — "From northern Illinois and Pennsylvania to 

 Manitoba and Newfoundland, and southward along the 

 Alleghanies to North Carolina." (Chapman.) 



The nest is most commonly placed on the ground, or among 

 the roots of a fallen tree, rarely in bushes, and they " have been 

 found in hollow trunks of trees fifteen feet from ground " (Davie), 

 it is generally a well-made structure about three inches in diam- 

 eter by two and a half deep inside, and as much as five or six 

 inches deep outside. The materials used in its construction are 

 principally leaves and skeleton leaves, also weeds, fern stalks, 

 reeds, and fine roots, the inside being lined with leaves and 

 fine black roots. 3 to 5 eggs are laid, 3 being perhaps the most 

 common number. They are pale greenish blue, somewhat 

 darker than a robin's eggs. Size — .87 x .64. See Fig. 11, Plate C. 



The Wilson's Thrush confines himself chiefly to the low, 

 damp woods, where, in some places, they are very abundant. 

 Their choice of residence, however, renders them almost un- 

 known, except to people who are directly interested in birds. 

 in appearance they may be said to resemble a very dull-coloured 



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