THE WOOD THRUSH. 



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No. 93. 



WOOD THRUSH. 



A. O. U. No. 755. Hylocichla mustelina (Gmel.). 



Description. Adult: Above, bright cinnamon-brown, brightest on head 

 and nape, shading insensibly into light olive-brown on rump, wings, and tail; 

 wing-quills fuscous on inner webs ; below, white, a buffy tinge on breast meeting 

 bright cinnamon on sides of neck, marked, except on upper throat, belly, and 

 crissum, with large, roundish, or wedge-shaped, blackish spots; lores and eye- 

 ring whitish, not clearly defined; auriculars sharply streaked with white and 



Taken nea 

 Circleville. 



by 

 the Author. 



THE BROODING FEMALE is UNUSUALLY DEVOTED TO HER EGGS." 



dark broxvn ; bill dark at base, lightening toward tip en culmen ; lower mandible 

 and feet yellowish brown. Length 7.50-8.50 (190.5-215.9) ; wing 4.30 (109.2) ; 

 tail 3.10 (78.7) : bill .66 (16.8). 



