755. Hylocichla mustelina 
WOOD THRUSH. $8 inches 
Male and Femalealike. Above olive-brown ; “ead reddish. Below 
white, heavily spotted with brown. 
Found in open, damp woods where there is underbrush. Common 
summer resident in Massachusetts. Arrives about May 10. 
Song. Rich, liquid flute quality, divided into three phrases. 
Nest. Eight or ten feet from the ground in open woodlands, also 
by the roadside. 
Breeds. In southern New England. 
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