398 ORNITHOLOGY. 



1271, 9u(J. 7i — llf. Bill, black, basal half of lower mandible, lilaceoiis; interior 

 of montli, deep yellow; iris, browii; tarsi, pale brown; toes, darker. 



1290, 1297, nest and eggs (4); 1298, nest; 1299, single egg; Parley's Park, June 

 27. Nests in willows along the stream. 



1.'502, nest and eggs (4); Parley's Park, June 27. Nest in clump of willows near 

 stream. 



1339, nest and 1 egg ; Parley's Park, June 27. Nest in willows. (Contained also 

 three young.) 



1404, nest; Cash Valley, Utah, July, 1SG9. [J. C. Oluistead.] 



T URDUS FUSCESCENS. 



Tawny Thrush; WilsouS Thrush. 



Turdus fuscescens, Stephens, Shaw's Geu. Zool., X, 1817, 182.— Baird, B. N.Am., 

 1858,214; Cat. N. Am. B., 1839, No. 151.— COUES, Key, 1872, 73; Check List, 

 1873, No. 6; B. N.W., 1874, 5.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, 9, pi. i, 

 fig. 5.— Henshaw, 1875, 148. 



Tlie Tawny Thrush, althotigli essentially an eastern species, was 

 found to be more or less common in the Wahsatch district of Utah, where it 

 inhabited only the vicinity of the streams in the lower valleys. It was 

 extremely abundant along the Provo River, especially just above the 

 debouche of that stream through its picturesque canon between two lofty 

 snow-clad peaks of the main range of the Wahsatch Mountains; and it was 

 also seen in the valleys of the Bear and Weber Rivers, farther nortliward. 

 In all these localities it frequented the dense willow-thickets in the immediate 

 vicinity of the rivers, where it was extremely difficult to discover, and next 

 to impossible to secure specimens after they were shot. 



We never tired of listening to the thrilling songs of these birds, for 

 they were truly inspiring tln-ough their exceeding sweetness and beautiful 

 expression. Tlie modulation of their notes was somewhat similar to that 

 expressed b\' tlie syllables ta-weel-ah, f(i-Wfel-<tli, twiP-ah, fiviF-ah, the latter 

 poi-tion subdued in tone, thus seeming like an echo of the lirst. In the 

 valley of the Provo it was not unusual to hear a dozen or more of these 

 exquisite songsters uniting in their rivalry, the most favorable time being 

 the afternoon and evening. ( "onsiderable resemblance in tone to the song 

 of the T. Hstulatuv was noted, but it was observed that the modulation was 

 distinctly' different. 



