WOODLAND BIRDS. 109 



No. 120. 'Veery." WILSON'S THRUSH, 



Species: T. fuscescens. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of New England. 



Date of Arrival: 



First week in May. 



Date of Departure: 



About September 10. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts pale brown or "tawny," shaded evenly from 

 tail to head, under parts white, fused with fulvous and marked 

 indistinctly with dusky on the throat. Bill light, feet pale. 

 Length about 7.50. 



General Plumage: 



A beautiful song, but not so fine as that of the Wood Thrush, 

 and a variety of " chirps," '' chips," and soft " lisps." 



Haunts 



A bird of the swampy woods, but often met in dry and pine 

 woods. 



