no WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 121. BICKNELL'S THRUSH. 



Species: T. alici£e bicknelli. 



Distribution: 



Quite common migrant, breeding in the ^^Tiite Mountains. 



Date of Arrival- 

 hast week in May. 



Date of Departure: 

 Late September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts olive ; under parts whitish spotted with blackish 

 marks, eye ring grayish white. Bill dark, feet pale. Length 

 about 6.50-7.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



'' The song is exceedingly like that of the Veery, having the 

 same ringing, flute-like quality ; but it is more interrupted, 

 and ends diflerently, — the next to the last note dropping half 

 a tone, and the final one rising abruptly and having a sharp 

 emphasis." The call notes " are a whistled pheu," ''a low 

 chuck,'' '^ a pip or peenk," and ''a harsh note." 



Haunts: 



A bird of high altitudes, to the limits of '^ tree growth," but 

 breeding " most abundantly among the dwarfed, densely 

 matted spruces and balsams." 



