PERCHING BIRDS 



756. VEERY. Hylocichla fuscescens 

 fuscescens. 



Range. Eastern North America, breeding in 

 the northern half of its United States range 

 and in the southern British Provinces. 



The Veery is very abundantly distributed in 

 woodland, either moist or dry, and nests on 

 the ground or within a very few inches of it, 

 usually placing its structures of woven bark 

 strips and grasses, in the midst of a clump 01' 

 sprouts or ferns. The three or four eggs which 

 they lay in May or June are bluish green, much 

 darker than those of the Wood Thrush, and 

 nearly the color of those of the Catbird. Size 

 .90 x .65. 



756a. WILLOW THRUSH. Hylocichla fus- 

 cescens salicicola. 



Range. Rocky Mountain region, north tQ 

 British Columbia. V * 



The nests and eggs of this similar bird dp 

 not differ from those of the last. 



Wood Thrusl 



757. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. Hylocichla alicice alicice. ,, 



Range. Breeds from Labrador to Alaska; winters south to Central America. 

 The nesting habits and eggs of this species are very similar to those of the 

 following sub-species and the same description will answer for both. 



757. BICKNELL'S THRUSH. Hylocichla alicice bicknelli. 



Range.--Breeds in the Catskills, White Mountatins and Nova Scotia. 



These birds, which are practically identical 

 with the preceding, build their nests at low 

 elevations in trees, usually evergreens when 

 present, making them of twigs, moss and root- 

 lets, lined with fine grasses. 

 The eggs, which are laid dur- 

 ing May or June, are pale 

 greenish blue, spotted and 

 blotched with pale brown or 

 russet. Size .88 x .64. Data. 

 Seal Island, Nova Scotia, 

 June 3, 1901. Nest of green Greenish blue 

 moss and rootlets, in a spruce, 5 feet from the 

 ground. 



758. RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH. Hylocichla 

 ustulata ustulata. 



Range. Pacific coast, breeding in Oregon 

 and Alaska; winters in Central America. 



This species is very abundant in moist 

 thickets throughout its range, nesting in bushes 

 Wilson's Thrush and low trees, and making them of weed 



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