TrKDIlLK — TI[K TIIUrsiIKS. 



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Sj>rin;rri('M, Mass., uiidisturlMil l>y the pa-<s«'rs 1»v' or tlie walkers iK-iieatli. 

 or the noise and rattle i\{' the vehicles «ni the e«»ntimious streets. 



The soM^' u\' thi?^ thrush is one nf its most reniarkahle ami jdeasinLj 

 characteristies. No lover of swet't sounds ean have failed to notice it, 

 and, having (»t! e known its source, no one can fail to recognize it when 

 heard ai;ain. The nu'linly is <»ne of ^reat swtietness and power, and consists 

 of several })arts, the last note of which resenihles the tinkling of a small hell, 

 and seems to leave the conclusion suspended. Ejich part of its son*.,' seems 

 sweeter and richer than the ])recedin^^ 



The nest is usually huilt on the horizontal liranch of a small forest-tr«»e, 

 six or eij^dit feet from the pound, and, less frequently, in the fjrk of a hush. 

 The diameter is ahout '» inclu's, and the depth .*»J, with a cjivity avera^in^ 

 3 inches across hy '2\ in de])th. They are firm, comjjact structures, chietly 

 composed of decayed (h^ciduous leaves, closely im])acted toj^a^ther, and ap- 

 jiarently thus ccnnhined when in a moistened condition, and afterwar«l 

 dried into a tirnuiess an<l strength like that of parchment. These are 

 intermingled with, and strengthened hy, a few dry twij.;s, and the whole 

 is lined with fine roots and a few fine drv «'ras.ses. Occasionally, instead 

 of the solid frame of impacted leaves, we find one of solidified mud. 



The ei.ri:s of the Wood Thrush, usually four in nund>er, sometimes five, 

 are of a uniform deej)-hlue tint, witli hut a slight admi.xture of yellow, 

 which im})arts a greenish tinge. Their average measurements are l.UO hy 



.to 



inch. 



Turdus fascescens, Stephens. 



TAWHT THBUSH ; WILSON'S THBVSH. 



Tnrrhis mu-iUlinns, Wilson, Aiikt. ()rnitholo«,'y, V, 1812, i»8, ]>!. 43 (not of Omfi.in). 



Tiirf1unfKS4:es,-r,is, Stki'HKNs, Shaw's (m-ii. Zwl. Minis, X, i, 1817, 182. Tab. Jour. 1S.'>.5, 

 470 (Cuba). — B.vn:i», Binls X. Am. lSr)8, 214. — In. hVv. Am. R 18»)4, 17. — (irsiu.. 

 Rrjjortorio, 18«.'), 22>'^ (Cuba, not ran'). Pklzkln, Oyw. IJias. ii, 1868, 02. (San 

 Vicente, linizil, l)ee.'mb.T.'> — Samckls, ir»U. — Sclatek, P. Z. S. 18,'>9, 326.— In. 

 Catul. Am. liinls, 1801, 2, No. 10. Tun/us siku.s, Vie:i,l. Eneydop. Meth. II, 1823, 

 647 (ba.s»'.l on T. itiu.'ifrlinKs, AVn.s.). Txnhfs trils,„iU, Hux. Or$s. Wils. 1825, Xo. 

 73. Tardus uiitwr, D'Okd. Lii Sagra's Cubii, (Jis. 1840, 47, pi. v (Cuba). 



Sp. Char. Above, and on sides of head and net-k, nearly unifonn li;.dit red<]ish-hrown, 

 with a faint tendency to oranire «tn the crown and tail. Beneath, white; the fore part 

 of the breast and throat (paler on th.,' chin) tin<red vrith pale brownish-yellow, in decided 

 contrast to the white of the l)elly. The sides of the thr(»at and the fore part of the V)reast, 

 as colored, are niarked with small trianirnlar spots of liiriit brownish, nearly like the back, 

 but not well <lefined. There are a few obsolete blotches on the sides of the breast (in the 

 white) of pale olivaceous; the sides of tiie body tinsjed with the .same Tibi.c white. 

 The lower mandible is browjiish only at the tip. The lores are a.^h-colored, the orbital 

 region grayish. Length, 7..')0 ; wing. 4.2.'> ; tail, 3.20 ; tiirsns, 1.2(\ 



IIab. Eastern North America, Halifax to Fort Bridger, and north to Fort Garrv. 

 Cuba, Panama, and Brazil (winter). Orizaba (winter), Slmiciikast. 



