PeCoOHECK LISt 
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Classified according to the Nomenclature of North American Birds by Robert Ridgway.* 
The words “color,” ‘‘number of eggs,” ‘‘size”’ and ‘‘habitat.’’ which appear in the description of the 
eggs of the Wood Thrush, will be omitted, but understood hereafter. 
When there is a great variation in the size of eggs, a letter ‘‘v’’ is placed after the average size civen. 
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1. Wood Thrush—HyLocicHLa MUSTELINA. Color, uniform deep blue; 
number of eggs, four; size 1.00 by .75. Nests built in low bushes. 
Habitat. E. U.S. 
2. Wilson’s Thrush—nyLocicHLa FUSCESCENS. Bluish-green, unspot- 
ted; .94 by .64. Nests placed in low shrubs, sometimes on the ground. 
EL N. A. 
3. Gray Cheeked Thrush—ny.ocicuia aicr#. Deep-green; four; 
.92 by .64. Nests placed in low trees. Ee NSA: 
4. Kusset-Backed Thrush—nyLocicHLa usTULATA. Varying in light 
/ green and blue, marked with yellowish brown and lilac; five; .84 by 
-65, v. Nests placed in low trees. (See notes.) PH ies 
4a. Olive-Backed Thrush—nyLocicHLA USTULATA SWAINSONI. Green- 
ish-blue, speckled with reddish brown and other tints; four; .88 by .66. 
Nests placed in trees. Ee NiA 
5. Dwarf Thrush—nyLocicHL_a UNALAScCH. Pale bluish-green, dotted 
with light brown, chiefly at the larger end; four; .y2 by .69. Nests 
placed in thickets and low bushes. Wee AS 
* Nomenclature of North American Birds chiefly contained in the United States National Museum. 
3y Robert Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21. Published under the direction of the Smithsonian 
Institution. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. 8 vo. pp. 194. 
