APPENDIX. 165 



HERMIT THRUSH. Contin. 



" This species, so much like the nightingale in color, is scarce inferior 

 to that celebrated bird in its powers of song, and greatly exceeds the wood 

 thrush in the melody and sweetness of its lay." In his Manual of Orni- 

 thology, etc., p. 394. 



" The song of this species is very fine, having many of the character- 

 istics of that of the Wood Thrush (2\ mustelinus). It is as sweet, has the 

 same tinkling sounds, as of a bell, but is neither so powerful nor so pro- 

 longed, and rises more rapidly in its intonations. It begins with low, 

 sweet notes, and ends abruptly with its highest, sharp, ringing notes." 

 Baird, Brewer, and liidgway : North American Birds. Land-Birds, vol. i. p. 19. 



"At times the hermit thrush is heard chanting a low and musical 

 song, but it is destitute of those sweet, clear, and rich tones which charac- 

 terize the song of the wood thrush." Giraud, J. P., Jr. : Birds of Long 

 Island, p. 90. 



See Horsf ord, B. : Our Wood Thrushes. ( Forest and Stream, vol. xviii., 

 May 25, 1882.) 



Mr. Horsford writes that song No. 2 of this article 

 should read as follows: 



THRUSH. Song No. 2. 

 The last note of each bar fades out in a soft cadence. 



For further description of songs of the thrushes, see Amory, Catherine : 

 Birds in May. (Swiss Cross, vol. iii. no. 6, p. 1.) Higginson, T. W. : Out- 

 door Papers, pp. 306-310. Nehrling, H. : North Amer. Birds, part. i. 



Oven-Bird. (-Seep. 62.) 



Mr. Nelson was fortunate enough to hear the song heard 

 by others. To him it was a " delicious warble " and a 

 " love song." 



