WOOD THRUSH. 



755. Hylocichla mustelina. 8 inches. 







Keddish brown above, brightest on the head; below 

 white heavily spotted with black. 



These large Thrushes 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 towards 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 bough 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; 

 winters south of the U. S. 



