r.i.i i:r.ii;i. i"iv. 



BKY T Tilt P 



A. Tail blue; hack Muc ->r bluish 7M. BLCEBIRD. 



A Tail black or hhu-kUh. tipped with Mhite 7'U. Koni*. 



<'. Tail win-. MI black 765. WHCATKAB. 



/'. Tail olive brown or rufou*, without white s["t*. 

 a. Upper parts cinnamon-brown ; tail n>t brighter than the hack. 



d'. Entire under part*, including */<*, mre or le.-vs ht-uiily marked with 



round, I 'iiok hriij/ittr than tail . . 7 "". NV....H TIIUI MI. 



u. Throat and UPJH.T lnva^l pale luitFy, with Mimll, fimiaiin>ii-l>rown, 



wed^t lly pure whiu-; nid.-.s with a l>ur.-ly pT.-f^tililc 



grayinh WHhh 7 "''. WM.IMIX'H TIIKI .MI. 



6. Upper |HUlK olive; back and tail m-arly tin- .-am. .--ilnr. 



6*. Throat, brea.-t U p en ain-hutT. 



758o. OLIVE- BACKKO Tiim MI. 



4*. Throat, hn-axt, i-hrrk^ c\r. a- t'.>ro the eye white, with only 



*t*ry *li<j>>( bully tinge. 



7'-7. < KKI> TllKI Ml. 7''7'. P>lrKNKl.L'H TllKI -II. 



c-. l'{'per part* olive -timwn. >.>nutiiii<-> inolinin^ t-> ciiiiiuiii<>n ; upjior tail- 

 coverto and tail rufoiw 7MA. HKRUIT THKIMI. 



755. Txirdus mxisteliniis 'TiiKi-ii. .!/. l'|-l'*-r parta 



(ri.'lit ciiiiianic'ii IT.IWII. liri>th!,.-t n the htn>l,Mv\ oliuiijriiiv' gradually to pale 



r.iwn <>n tin- ii|'i-r tail <-..vi-rt.H ntul tail; utnli-r [Mirt.s white, thickly 



marked with laryt, n>nn,i Muck ,-i>ts except i-n the thnuit and mi<ldlu of the 



belly. L., 8-->9 ; W., 4-44 ; T.. J -J : I'.., -66. 



Rfmarkt. The Wood Thrush may ! di*tiii)riii.ilicd from our other 

 Thnwhw (1) by its lartr I'V its brighter, more nitons color above; 



and (8) especially by the numerous hir^e. round Mack .*[".!.- on its under 

 par**. Theae cover not only the breast, but are equally numerous on tho 

 idem where they extend well up under the w': 



Rang*. Ea-tcrn I'nited State*; breeds as for north as Minnesota, Ver- 

 mont, and Quebec ; winters in Centrul America. 



Wai-! HOOD v U . Apl. '.'<> to ct. l.'i. Sim; Sin:.', commoi. 



A pi. r,n to < let. '.'. Cambri<L'i-. rath.-r common S. K., May 1'J to Sept 



avi-H. pNdlets. tine twip, nn .iks, firmly inter A 



with an inner wall of mud and lining of tine r>tlcts. generally in .-;:pliiiL's. 

 about rit'ht : ". three to the, L r reenish blue, lighter and w iih less 



lian tho*c of the Catbird, /<./.,/<":/ lighter, but not certainly distin- 

 guishable in color from those of tho Kobii^. 



The Wood Thrush is not so distiiu-tively H bird of the woods as Ihe 

 Vcery. Well-shaded lawns arc sometimes Braced by his presence, and 

 at all tune- he i- more fjiniiliar and en-iT t<> obsi-rvo that) his retiring 

 reUtivc. 11:- i.ir^'c -i/e. bright i-innamoti ii|>|T purls, and e-|ceially 

 ; inking fleld 



chum 



Wh all-note, pit-pit, is rapidly repeated until 



