DrRKCTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTEKlSr NORTH AMERICA. 281 



accidental in N. E. and Minn. ; winters in the Gulf States, 

 Bahamas, and West Indies. Common. Nests Fig. 376. 

 in trees, hung from fork of limb ; lichea-cov- 

 ered ; eggs, spotted. Call note "^ee see" lisp- 

 ingly given ; song, a low, tinkling, silvery war- 

 ble. Very restless and active. 



W. THRUSHES. Turdidae. 



Medium to large Singing Perchers, well 

 proportioned, for among them we find the 

 ideal bird form, as well as the power of song 

 developed to the highest degree; widely dis- 

 tributed throughout the temperate and trop- 

 ical regions of the globe. CC, V, a, 1. 



a. Spotted Thrushes. Hylocichla. 1-4. 



Medium-sized thrushes ; wings, folding to middle of tail 

 or a little beyond ; bill, short; adults, spotted beneath ; sex- 

 es, similar. Eggs, blue. 



Fig. 378. 1. WOOD THRUSH, 



H. MUSTELINUS. 8.2.5 ; 

 above reddish-brown, de- 

 cidedly brighter on 

 head ; white beneath 

 m a r k e d nearly every- 

 where with spots of dark- 

 brown, fig. 377 page 272. 

 Breeds in eastern U. S. 

 from Ya. and Kan. north 

 to C a n a d a ; winters in 

 Central America; south 

 in Sep. ; north in May. 

 CC, W, a, 2. Common, frequenting 



wooded glens. Song, loud, clear, and bell-like; ^'■Tru-ral lu 



tru-ral lee''"' are the louder notes with other lower variations ; 



a rather harsh, stammering alarm. Nests, in trees; eggs, 



unspotted. 



