174 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



1883, when the breeding birds were killed off for millinery 

 purposes, leaving the young to starve to death Like the 

 preceding they vary a fish food with insects of all kinds. 



Tern, .flarsh. See Gull-billed Tern. 

 Tern, Wilson's. See Common Tern. 

 Thistle-bird. See Goldfinch. 

 Thrush, Mice's. See Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 Thrush, Blackbird. See Rusty Blackbird. 

 Thrush, Brown. See Brown Thrasher. 

 Thrush, Golden-crowned. See Ovenbird. 



Thrush, Gray -cheeked. Length, seven and a half 

 inches; bill, one-half inch in length, slender. Above, 

 brownish olive, nearly uniform, though tail and wings 

 are a trifle brighter; below, white shading into a light 

 buff on the breast; breast and fore part of the abdomen, 

 spotted with olive brown; sides of the head, whitish with 

 whitish streaks on the ear coverts and white spot before 

 the eye; legs, light flesh color. The birds breed in low 

 bushes and shrubs, making a nest of grasses, leaves and 

 bark and lining it with finer grasses. The eggs are four in 

 number, greenish blue with brown spots, and one inch by 

 three-fourths in size. It breeds north of the United 

 States and spends the winter in Mexico and the south. 

 In New Jersey it is transient, not very numerous, occur- 

 ring about the middle of May and again between Septem- 

 ber 20 and October 10. Torrey gives its sons as wee-o, 

 wee-Oj tii-ti wee-o. It feeds on berries and insects. 



Thrush, Hermit. Length, seven and one -fifth inches; 

 extent, eleven inches; bill, half an inch long, black above, 



