BIRDS OF INDIANA. 1147 



MiLY TURDJN^E. THRISHES. 



17>. GKXUS TURDUS LIN 

 a 1 . Color brown above. 



/>'. Tail brighter than back. T. aonalaschkae pallasii (Cab.). 319 



/; 2 . Tail not brighter than hack. 



r } . Sides spotted ; head, in adnlt, brighter t han back. 



T. mustelinus Gmel. 314 

 c 2 . Sides not spotted; color uniform above.. 



(/'. Above light tawny brown ; throat spots not darker than back. 



T. fuscescens Steph. 315 

 d' 2 . Above russet olive; throat spots darker than back. 



T. fuseescens salicicola Ridgw. 316 

 a 2 . Color above olive. 



e l . Ring around the eye and sides of head and breast huffy. 



T. ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.). 318 



<-. No huffy ring around eye; sides of head grayish; breast lighter; 

 throat white. T. aliciee Baird. 317 



Subgenus HVLOCICHLA Baird. 



7^5) Tiirdus mustelinus GMEL. 



Wood Thrush. 



Iic;!il of Wood Thrush. Natural sizo. 



Adult. Above, cinnamon-brown, brighter and more rufous on the 

 crown, more olive on the tail; beneath, including the sides, white, the 

 breast and sides marked with roundish spots of black. Immature. 

 With the upper parts spotted and streaked with yellowish fulvous. 



Length, 7.50-8.25; wing, 4.10-4.50; tail, 3.00-3.30 (Ridgway). 



RANGE. North America, from Honduras and Bermudas over the 

 eastern United States to Maine, Quebec and Minnesota; west to Kan- 

 sas and North Dakota. Breeds from Georgia and southern Missouri 

 north. Winters from Texas and Florida south. 



Nest, on horizontal branch or fork of low tree or sapling, '6 to 15 

 feet up; of mud, leaves, weeds and twigs, lined with fine rootlets. 

 Eggs, 2-5; greenish-blue; 1.00 by .75. 



