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Jersey north, and south to North CaroHna on the Alleghanies. They winter 

 south of the United States. 



The song of the bird is very musical and reminds one of the finishing 

 strokes of the whetstone on a good ringing scythe blade. Its call note is a 

 clear whistle. The bird is eminently of the woods, preferring unfrequented 

 localities, particularly the shade of dark places. 



The geographical race of Wilson's Thrush that is found in the Rocky 



Mountain region is known as the Willow Thrush. It closely resembles its 



Willow Thrush ^'^y* ^^^^ ^'^^ upper parts are noticeably darker, and the 



Turdus fuscescens chest is paler buff. It is found during its migrations 



1 gw.). regularly east as far as Illinois and casually in South 



Carolina. 



The Red-winged Thrush is a European bird that has been recorded 

 .from Greenland. It is about eight inches and a half long. 



Red-wine-ed ^^ '^ ^ plain brownish bird above with a whitish stripe 



Thrush. over either eye. The throat, breast, and belly are whitish 



Turdus iiiacus Linn. Streaked with dusky brown. The sides and flanks are 

 light reddish brown. The sexes are alike. 



The Varied Thrush is about nine inches and a half long. Its general 



appearance is robin-like. The male is dark leaden brown above. This color 



Varied Thrush ^^ broken by a stripe of orange brown above the eyes and 



Hesperocichia nsvia reachinor back over the region of the ear. The same color 



* '"'' ■'" is conspicuous on the shoulders, forming two bars. There 



is also a patch of similar shade at the base of the larger wing feathers. There 



is a broad band of black or dusky slate across the breast which reaches up to 



either eye. This defines the orange brown throat. The color back of the 



dark breast band is orange brown, which gradually shades into white on the 



belly and feathers below the tail. The female is much paler in tone than 



the male. The nest is a typical thrush structure of twigs, mosses, and 



grasses. It is placed in a low tree or bush. The eggs are pale greenish 



blue, sparsely marked with brown spots. They are about an inch and a 



tenth long and somewhat more than four fifths of an inch broad. 



