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prated eU'ht ..r nine tiroes around aeries of intertwining circles, the 

 description may enable you to recognize the Veery's song. 



The Veery has a double personality, or he may iv[*eat the notes of 

 some less vocally developed ancestor, for on occasions he gives utter- 

 ance to an entirely uncharacteristic series of caching not- s, and even 

 mounts hii;h in the tree to sing a hesitating medley of the same un- 

 musical rnrk*, broken whistled calls, and attempted trills. Fortu- 

 nately, this performance is comparatively uncommon, and to most of 

 us the Yeery is known only by his own strange, unearthly song. His 

 notes touch chords which no other bird's song reaches. The Water- 

 Tliru-h is inspiring, the Wood and Hermit Thrushes ''serenely exalt 

 the spirit," nut the Veery appeals to even higher feelings; all the 

 wondrous lingeries of the woods find a voice in his song; he thrills 

 us with emotions we can not express. 



766*. T. f. aalicicolus < /;/.//.). WILLOW THRUSH. Similar to the 

 preceding, >>ut with tin- U[>JHT part* slightly darker. 



Riingt. Rocky Mountains, north to liriti-h Columbia; south in winter to 

 the tropics; migrates as far east as Illinois and, casually, Soutli Carolina. 



757. Turdus alicJse liaird. OKAY-CHEEKED Tmu SH. Ad. Upper 

 parts uniform ./i'iv, practically no difference between the colors of the back 

 and tail ; eye-ring whitish, lores grayith ; middle of the throat and middle 

 of the belly white ; sides of the throat and breast with a very faint tinge of 

 cream-buff; the feather* of the Bides of the throat spotted with wedge-shaped 

 marks, those of the breast with half-round black marks; aide* brownish gray 

 wnish ashy. L., 7'58 ; W., 4-09 ; T., 2-96 ; B., -55. 



Jttmarkt. The uniform olive of the upper parts of thin specie* at onca 

 separates it from our eastern Thrushes except it* subspecies bickn*Iti and the 

 Olive-backed Thrush. From the latter it may !>< known l>y tin- comparative 

 absence of buff on the breast and sides of the throat, l>y it.- whitish cyi- -ring 

 and trrayish lores. 



Rangt. N"rth America; breeds in Labrador anl north westward to Alas- 

 ka; migrates through eii-ti rn North America to Central America. 



Washington, ratln-r c<>mm<>n T. V., May 10 to June 5; Sept 10 to Oct 10. 

 Sin* Simr, tolera.ly common T. V., May 15 to June 1; Sept 20 to Oct. 17. 

 ridge, uncomm.. n T. V., May 15 to 25; Sept 25 to O 



Nat, of grasses, leaves, strips of fine bark, etc., lined with fine gracse*, in 

 low trees or bathes. yy, four, greenish blue. -|.tt..l with rusty brown, 

 W x-67. 



During its migrntiuns Alice's Thrush may be found associated with 

 the Olive-backed Thrush, from which it can U- distin^ui-hed in life 

 only by an expert. It i- a rather shy l>inl, and i- apt to fly up from 

 the ground to some low limb. and. after a moment's pause, seek a more 

 distant perch before one reaches fair o|M>ra-glass range. 



This species has been so long confused with Bickncll's Thrush that 



