THIirsHKS. IU.lT.r.11; ;;;... 



Otouft-hutT; tin- fcathera of the Men of the thn>ut with wedgi^-nbaped black 

 poU ml their tip*, tin** 1 of the breast with roundi-d Muck ]ii at thrir tij ; 

 n.i.l.l!.- of the belly white; M.I.-- brownish gray or brownih aahy. I... 7-17 ; 

 u .3; T., S-7; B., -60. 



Htmarkt. ThU t-irl will bo confuted only with the Gray-cheeked and 



Tii Thrushes, from which it dith-rs in the much stronger suffi. 

 butf on the throat and breast, it* buff eye-ring and lorn. 



Kn*y*. Breed* from Manitoba, northern New England, ami New Brim- 

 wick to Alaska and Labrador, and southward in the Kooky Mountains, and 

 along the Alleghaniea to I' -imsy Ivania; wintcnt in the tropics. 



Wa- .in..!) T. V.. May 4 to 28; Sept. 22 to Oct. 25. Sin^ Sim:. 



tolerably coinmon T. V., May 2 to 80; Sept 19 to Oct. 22. Cambridge, com- 

 mon T. V., May 12 to June 8 ; Sept. 10 to Oct. 5. 



of ooarae gnnea, mom. rootlet*, leaven, and bark, lined with rootlet* 

 and gramma, iu buahea or small tree*, about four t'.-rt up. A' : /</, three to four, 

 grceuish blue, more or ICM npotted and sjK-cklcd with ciniiuinon-brown or 

 rutoua, <90 x -64. 



Passing north wanl in the spring, in small, silent bands, scattered 

 through the woodbind undergrowth, whence they quietly slip away, if 

 di-tiirlx-d, uftrii to th<> liiirhrr linincln-s of tin- tns-s. thcst- binls easily 

 escape observation. In late September or early October their loud, 

 metallic call-notes may be recognized overhead at night, and during 

 the day the birds thrniM-lvi-* iniiy'be found mi the edges of the woods 

 or along tangled hedgerows, associated with Sorrows and other mi- 

 grants. Their summer home is in the coniferous forest of the north, 

 although they do not confine themselves strictly to the evergreen 

 ;ind. avoiding its depths, seek rather the vicinity of clearings 

 well grown up with firs and spruces. Here, day after day, the same 

 musician may be seen pouring forth his ringing song from some com- 

 manding elevation preferably a dead tree top. If approached, he 

 promptly dives down into tin- underbrush, where he is very likely 

 ji.im-d by his mate, and Ix.th proceed to scold, in a mild way, the 

 chance intruder. Little i- ever ecn of these shy birds, but fortunately 

 their notes are quite characteristic, and the sole obstacle in distinguMi- 

 ing them from those of the Hermit Thrush, a bird frequenting the 

 same loral; the difficulty of tracing them to their source. 



The effect of its Imid mid U-autiful song is much enhanced by the 

 v.-ning hush in which it is m..-t often heard. It lacks the leisurely 

 sweetness of the Hermit Thru-h's <>ul|Huirings nor i- then- pause, but 

 in l..\ver key and with greater energy it bubbles on rapidly to a close 

 nithrr than failing out with the soft melody of its renowned rival. 

 Th. -re are also a variety of other notes the m<t frequent lieing a 

 puk of alarm, pitched higher than a OOTTHpOlldiBg rlnrk of the Hermit 

 Thrush. J. D WIGHT, JB. 



