BIRDS OF INDIANA. 1147 



SUBFAMILY TURDIN^E. THRUSHES. 



176. GENUS TURDUS LINVKUS. 

 a 1 . Color brown above. 



b l . Tail brighter than back. T. aonalaschkae pallasii (Cab.). 319 



b 2 . Tail not brighter thac back. 



c 1 . Sides spotted ; head, in adult, -brighter than back. 



T. mustelinus Ginel. ,314 

 c 2 . Sides not spotted; color uniform above. 



d l . Above light tawny brown ; throat spots not darker than back. 



T. fuscescens Steph. 315 

 </ 2 . Above russet olive; throat spots darker than back. 



T. fuscescens salicicola Ridgw. 316 

 a 2 . Color above olive. 



e l . Ring around the eye and sides of head and breast huffy. 



T. ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.). 318 



e 2 . No buffy ring around eye; sides of head grayish; breast lighter; 

 throat white. -T. aliciae Baird. 317 



Subgenus HYLOCICHLA Baird. 



(705) Turdus mustelinus GMEL. 



Wood Thrush. 



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Head of Wood Thrush. Natural size. 



Adult. Above, cinnamon-brown, brighter and more rufous on the 

 crown, more olive on the tail; beneath, including the sides, white, the 

 breast and sides marked with roundish spots of black. Immature. 

 With the upper parts spotted and streaked with yellowish fulvous. 



Length, 7.50-8.25; wing, 4.10-4.50; tail, 3.00-3.30 (Ridgway). 



RANGE. North America, from Plonduras and Bermudas over the 

 eastern United States to Maine, Quebec and Minnesota; west to Kan- 

 sas and North Dakota. Breeds from Georgia and southern Missouri 

 north. Winters from Texas and Florida south. 



Nest, on horizontal branch or fork of low tree or sapling, 6 to 15 

 feet up; of mud, leaves, weeds and twigs, lined with fine rootlets. 

 Eggs, 2-5; greenish-blue; 1.00 by .75. 



