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Reluctant the feet must turn homeward, 



Could we but in the woodland abide! 

 Yet floating along comes the beautiful song, 



In a swelling and cadencing tide. 

 Like angels of eventide singing 



Of heavenly blessings and peace; 

 O bird of my heart, tho' too soon you depart, 

 Yet your song in my soul shall not cease. 

 Tho' you leave me my songster, my Veery, 



Your music abides with me aye. 

 Your "list to me, list to me, dearie, dearie," 

 To lighten my lonliest day. 



Bertha A, Joslyn, 



WILSON'S THRUSH. 



A. O. U. Xo. 756. (Tardus fuscesceus.) 



RANGE. 



Eastern United States and Southern Canada. Breeds from the mid- 

 dle portions of the U. S. northwards, and is found west to the Plains. 

 Winters chiefly south of our borders. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Length 7.5 in.; extent, 12 in.; tail, 3 in. Bill above dark brown, be- 

 low paler like the feet. Eye brown. Upper parts including tail, red- 

 dish brown. No distinct ring around the eye as in the Hermit or Olive- 

 backed Thrushes. Under parts white, the breast and sides shaded with 

 buffy and marked with a few small spots of brown. The throat is 

 white shading into the bufify of the breast. 



WILLOW THRUSH. 



A. O. U. No. 756a. (Tardus F. salioicola) 



This sub-species is the western form of the Wilson's Thrush. It is 

 a somewhat larger and less tawny bird, but the difference is slight and 

 could not be shown by a photograph. The range of the Willow^ Thrush 

 is given as the Rocky Mountain region of the U. S. 

 NEST AND EGGS. 



