g NORTH AMKRICAX BIRDS. 



Rt'lM-rtorio, 1865, 2*28. — M.\yn.\i:i». — Samt-kls, 14«». Ti'rdus virfn,h>s, W'li.s. Am. 

 Oiii. I, 1*08, a.'», i»l, ii, Tiirilns ihn.tiiK, IJunaI'. Coinptes lIomlu.s, XXVIII, lSii3, 2. 

 — In. N«»ti's Drlattiv, 1>.',4, 2«5 iThIkimo). 

 AtMitiunal ti;;iii»s : ViKii.i.or, Ois. Aiu. S«|>t. II, jil. l.vii. — WiLsos, Am. Orn. T, pi. ii. 



Sp. Ciiau. A1»ov(' clf.ir ciniiamon-lnow!!. on the top of the hea«l bcconiiiiir more 

 rulons, nil th«' rump ami tail olivaceous. Tht- uiuler parts are dfar white, sometimes 

 tiii<r<'«l with l>utr on the hreast or anteriorly, an<l thickly marke«l ben<'ath. except on tiie 

 chin antl throat ami ahoiit the vent and tail-eovcrts. with suh-triauirnlar. shari>ly dclinccl 

 sj>ots of lilaekish. The sides of the head an* dark hrowii, streak«'d with white, a'ul there 

 is also a maxillary s«Mies of str«'aks on each side of the throat, the central portion of which 

 i^ometimes has indications of small spots. L«'ntrth, M.IO inches; winir, 4.2.'» : tail, 3.()'» ; 

 tarsus, \.2C}. Vouni: l»ird similar to adult, but with rusty yellow triangular spots in the 

 en<ls of the winjr coverts. 



IIai!. U. S. east of Missouri plains, south to rruatemala. Bcnnuda (n<»t rare). Cuba, 

 La Sacra; Gi xni.Aeii. Honduras, Moouk, Cordova, Scl. Orizaba (winter), Simicup 



Haiiit.s. The W(M)«l Thrush, witliout heiiifj anywhere a very ahtiiulaiit 

 sjiecies, is coininon thnm^diout iieaily every ]>nrti.)n of the Inited States 

 between tlie Mississi]*})! JJiver and the Athmtie. It laeeds in every 

 ])nrti()n of the same e.xteniled a'ea, at least as far as (leorjjfia on the south 

 and Massaehiisetts on the north. I'evond the last-named State, it rarelv, 

 if ever, breeds on tlie coast. In the interior it lias a higlier raiiLje, ne.stinj^ 

 around Hamilton, C. W. So far as I am aware it is uukiiowii, or very mre, 

 in the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Elaine. 



It makes its a]>p(^'arance early in A])ril in the Middle States, hut in Xew 

 England not until four or five weeks later, appearing aljoiit tlie loth of May. 

 Their migrations in fall are more irregular, being aj»j)arently determined by 

 the abundance of their food. At times thev depart as early as the tirst 

 of Sej^tember, but sometimes not until the last of October, It winters 

 ill Central America, where it is quite abundant at that season. 



The favorite localities of the AVood Thrush are the borders of dense 

 thickets, or low dami> Indlows shaded by large trees. Yet its habits are 

 by no means so retiring, or its nature po timid, as these jdaces of resort 

 would lead us to infer. A small grove in Iioxbury, now a part of r>oston, 

 in close proximity to a dwelling-house, was for many years the favorite 

 resort of these birds, where several pairs nested and reared their young, 

 rarelv even leaving their nests, which were mostly in low bushes, whollv 

 unmindfid of tlie curious children who were their frequent visitors. The 

 same fearless familiarity was observed at ^Mount Auburn, then tirst used 

 as a public cemetery. IJut in the latter instance the nest was always 

 placed high up on a branch of some sprea<ling tree, often in conspicuous 

 places, but out of reach. ^£r. J. A. Allen refers to several similar instances 

 where the Wood Thrush did not show^ itself to l>e such a recluse as many 

 describe it. In one case a pair built their ne.'it within the limits of a 

 thickly peopled \illage, where there were but few trees, and a scanty 

 undergrowth. In another a Wood Thrush lived for several successive 

 summers among the elms and maples of Court Square in the city of 



