WOOD THRUSH. 

 755. Hylocichla mustelina. 8 inches. 



Reddish brown above, brightest on the head; below 

 white heavily spotted with black. 



These large 1 brushes are locally abundant in swamps 

 and moist woodland. They are one of our best songsters, 

 their tones being very rich and flute-like, and, like most 

 of the Thrushes, their songs are most often heard along 

 toward night. 



Song. Very clear and flute-like, containing many 

 notes of the scale; often two or more birds answer back 

 and forth from different parts of the woods; calls, a 

 sharp "quit, quit" and a liquid "quirt." 



Nest. Either in forks or on horizontal boughs of 

 bushes or trees, usually not more than ten feet from the 

 ground ; made of grass, weeds, leaves and some mud ; the 

 three or four eggs are bluish green (1.02 x .75). 



Range. Eastern U. S., breeding from Virginia and 

 Missouri north to Maine, Ontario and Minnesota; win- 

 ters south of the U. S- 



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