THE WOOD THRUSH. 



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No. 93. 



WOOD THRUSH. 



A. O. U. No. 755. Hylocichla mustelina (Gmel.J. 



Description. — Adult: Above, bright cinnamon-brown, brightest on head 

 and nape, shading insensibly into light olive-brown on rump, wings, and tail ; 

 wing-quills fuscous on inner webs; below, white, a buffy tinge on breast meeting 

 bright cinnamon on sides of neck, — marked, except on upper throat, belly, and 

 crissum, with large, roundish, or wedge-shaped, blackish spots; lores and eye- 

 ring whitish, not clearly denned; auriculars sharply streaked with white and 



Devoted to Her Eggs.' 



dark brown; bill dark at base, lightening toward tip . n culmen ; lower mandible 

 and feet yellowish brown. Length 7.50-8.50 (190.5-215.9) ; wing 430 (109.2) ; 

 tail 3.10 '(78.7) ; bill .66 (16.8). 



