SUMMER GROUP. 

 LAND-BIRDS. 



Comprising those species that arrive from the south in 

 spring, breed more or less generally throughout the terri- 

 tory, and retire southward in the fall. The earliest arrivals 

 are about the middle of March, and the latest departures 

 about the end of October. 



NEUTRAL LIST. 



Nos. 1-29. Showing no Black, Yellow, Blue, nor Red. 



* Nos. 1-9 : B^'east whitish, dark-spotted or streaked. 



1. THRASHER: BROWN THRUSH. 



Tawny Whitish, dark-spotted. 



II. Wings, white-barred ; tail, quite long ; below, whitish, 

 thickly marked with brown, except on throat, rear, and un- 

 der tail-coverts. 



Nest, more or less of sticks, cedar-bark, dead leaves, etc., in bush 

 or on ground ; eggs, last of May, 4-5, whitish or greenish, thickly 

 brown-speckled ; song, incoherent, like cat-bird's. 



2. WOOD THRUSH : SONG THRUSH. 



Tawny Whitish, dark-spotted. 



7^-8. Above, forepart soft reddish-brown, becoming olive 

 on rump, tail, and end of wings ; below, white, buff- tinged 



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