146 OKS'lTHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



TTRDUS. Lts-xirs, 



Tmrdeu. Lnrs.ETS. ?v?t. Xar. ^lT-So\ ^Tvpe T. ciscirorus. nde G- R. Gray.) 

 Bin rather stoat: eC'Dunissore straight to near the tip, which is qoite abruptly 

 decnrred. and nsnallv distinctly notched; cnlmen gently convex from base; bill 

 >"' - - •" ■ " ■ " ■ af.ines curved: tarsi longer than the middle toe: lateral 

 t - , - ,-ir; wings much longer than the tail, pointed; the first 



qnin spurious and very small, not one-lbuTth the length of longest: tail short, nearly 

 even, or sliirhtiv eir -/- r 



TTEDUS MrSTILI!rrS. — G-nfEru 

 The Song Thrush : Wood Thrush. 



7Vr*_^ '■ ~ 'n. Syst Nat-. I. (175S) 517. X " " n . I. (lS-3-2) 34.«l 



And. Ott. _ . "2: T. (18.39)446. 



T. -dui, Wflson. Am- Dm., I. (ISOS) 3-5. pi u. 



Descetptios. 



A'- ' ' " *iwn. on the top of the head becom:: - ' rufous, on 



th= r -: the under parts are d?2*--^h:te. sc: ngedwith 



. r breast or anteriorly, and thickly mar'-: ith. except on the chin 



i . - - • - ■; coverts, with suii-rrjingular, sharply defined 



.-: ad are dark-brown, streaked with white, and 



there is also a rraxiHary series of streaks on each side of the throat the central por- 



•----■■ • • •■ • - •. ^^^^^ 



- . _ ■ _•. fotir ar. _-five one-htm- 



dredihs : laiL ' ^ i five one-hundredths : tarsus, one and twenty-six one- 



— United States to ^fissoirri River, south to Guatemala. 



THI.S beautiful songster is a pretty common summer 

 inhabitant of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode 

 Island. In the other Xe ^-England States, it is rarely seen : 

 and. when we hear of a Song Thrush occurring there, refer- 

 ence is probably made either to the Hermit or Olive-backed 

 Thrush. It arrives from the South about the 10th of May, 

 both sexes making their appearance at about the same time. 

 They soon commence pairing, and frequent the moist thick- 

 ets and thickly wooded glens, where their amours are con 

 ducted in privacy and peace. 



At thLs season, the beautiful song of the male is heard at 

 earlv dawn and earlv twilisrht : it seldom sinpra in the middle 

 of the day. unless the weather is dark and cloudy. This, 

 song is a beautiful, melancholy strain, similar to the tone 



