162 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



of two and five notes of almost equal value. Here 

 are some of his (to me at least) most familiar strains : 



One part of a strain which Mr. Cheney has re- 

 corded is very familiar : 



His range is apparently not so great as that of the 

 hermit, but he has no limitation as to key. I believe 

 I have recorded as many as four, which I was sure 

 came from one bird's little throat. The best of these 

 two thrushs' songs is this : they can be perfectly rep- 

 resented by musical signs, as every note is distinctly 

 whistled. But we must not forget this the whis- 

 tle has no equal in all the earth, for it is born of 

 heaven ! 



The wood thrush lays her eggs (perhaps four or 

 five, as blue as a robin's but smaller) in a rough nest 

 built of grass, leaves, and mud, in a low tree or in 

 the bushes near the ground. 



