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 I. 
756. Wilson’s Thrush; Veery: Turdus fuscescens Steph. 
Adult—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 arobin’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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