FAMILY Turdide. 
white defined on either side by a line of small spots ex- 
tending from the bill to the markings on breast. Female 
similarly marked. Nest usually in young trees or saplings, 
and lodged from eight to ten feet above the ground; it is 
built of twigs, roots, and dead leaves; an inner wall of 
mud is lined with fine rootlets and shreds of plant-stems. 
Egg green-blue like that of the Robin. This Thrush 
is distributed over the eastern United States westward 
to the Plains, and northward to Minnesota, Michigan, 
Ontario, Quebec, Vermont, and southern (rarely central) 
New Hampshire. It breeds from Kansas, Kentucky, 
and Virginia northward, and winters in Central Amer- 
ica. Ihave heard the Wood Thrush sing along with the 
Hermit Thrush on the slopes of Mt. Monadnock, and not 
infrequently his voice is a familiar one in the vicinity of 
Lake Winnepesaukee, and as far north as Franconia and 
Jefferson, N. H. 
There are very few of the woodland singers that are 
equally gifted with the Wood Thrush; only the Hermit 
excels him in melody and in brilliant execution, and it is 
a question whether any of his other relatives can rival 
him either in tone of voice or in song motive. His notes 
are usually in clusters of three, and these are of equal 
value * ; the commonest one of the clusters is an admira- 
ble rendering of the so-called tonic, the third, and the 
fifth tones, thus: 
Come to me. 
That is one of the best things the Thrush can do, and he 
does it splendidly too; there is no doubt about his inter- 
vals ; they compose a perfect minor chord. After a 
pause of a second or two the bird supplements the minor 
with the major form a third lower, thus: 
* The Hermit, on the contrary, sustains his first note and follows 
it with a series of rapid and brilliant ones. 
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