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BROWN THRASHER. 



Brown Thrasher; Brown Thrush: I-Iar/^orJiyiiclitis 

 riifiis. 



Lengtli ii>< inches; very long tail. 

 Upper parts reddish-brown; two whitisli wing-Inirs. 

 Under parts white, streaked with black. 



Resident (very common) from April 15 to October 15; 

 winters in the Southern States. . 



The Thrasher is one of ottr finest songsters. When 

 he mounts to a tree-top and pours out his soul only 

 the blocking-bird can be compared with him. There 

 is indeed a decided resemblance in their songs, and 

 in Maryland the Thrasher is called Sandy Mocking- 

 bird, while farther south he goes by the name of 

 French Mockingbird. Although he sings in tree- 

 tops, he lives near the ground and is often seen in 

 road-side thickets, or dusting himself in the road, — 



