WILSON THRUSH OR VEERY. 



756. Hylociclila fuscescens. 7% inches. 



Entire upper parts a uniform reddish brown; below 

 soiled white with a few faint marks on the breast. 



This species is more abundant than the last. It is 

 found in swamps and also in dry open woods, they being 

 especially numerous where ferns grow luxuriantly. 



Song. Very peculiar and not nearly as melodious as 

 that of the Wood Thrush, but still attractive; a slightly 

 descending "too-whe-u-whe-u-whe-u" ; call, a clear "whee- 

 you." 



Nest. On the ground among the leaves, on hum- 

 mocks, or in tangled masses of briars; made of strips of 

 bark and leaves; eggs greenish blue, darker and smaller 

 than those of the Wood Thrush ( .88 x .65 ). 



Range. Eastern N. A., breeding in the northern 

 half of the United States and southern Canada; winters 

 in Central America. 756a. Willow Thrush (salicicola) 

 is more olive above; it is found in the Rockies and east- 

 ward to the Mississippi River. 



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