upper tail-coverts 



but both trimmed wLh white 

 black, tipped with white. 



A winter bird, very irregular in occurrence. It 

 appeared in Watertown and vicinity in the win- 

 ter of 1915-16. It is usually in flecks; feeds on 

 berries such as Mountain Ash and Sumach. 



756. Veery — Hylocichla fuscescens fiucescens* 



Length *j l / 2 inches. 



Sides of the throat and breast tinged with cream- 

 buff, faintly spotted with small wedge-shaped 

 spots; belly white; sides white with a faint tinge 

 of grayish; upperparts, wings ajid tail about uni- 

 form cinnamon-brown. 



The ringing voice of the Veery is distinctive, but 

 not easily described; it has a metallic, vibrating, 

 lingering quality. This is usually a quiet bird of 

 the deep, or at least shady and often damp, woods. 

 From other thrushes it may be known by its 

 delicately buff-tinted upper breast, upperparts as 

 described, and nearly white sides. 



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