



TUHDID.K — TIIK TIIRrSTIKS. ,j 



Sjiriujfficld, Mass., uiidisLnrlMMl liy tlio ])assi'i's liy (ir tin; wiilktTs liciiciitli, 

 or tlic iiniso and rattle of the veliiclus cm tlic coiilij^uous sti'(;cts. 



The sdiij,' (if this thnisli is oik! nf its most vciiiarkaliU' ami plcasin!;- 

 {'liaractcristics. Xo lover dC sweet sfpiiiids eaii have failed td notice it, 

 and, liaviii;;- onee known its source, no one can fail to recoj^nize it when 

 heard a,L,'ain. The melody is one of j,'reat sweetness and ]iower, and consists 

 of several ])arts, the last note of which resembles the tinklin,<;' of a small hell, 

 and seems to leave the conclusion suspended. Kueh jiart of its souji,' seems 

 sweter and richer than the jirecedinj^'. 



I'he nest is usually built on the liorizontal bnincli of a small forest-tret;, 

 six or eij,dit feet from the ground, and, less frefpiently, in the fork of a bush. 

 The dianu'ter is about o inches, and the deiith .'!;,', with a cavity averayin^f 

 :') inches across by 2| in de]ith. They arc iirm, compact structures, chiefly 

 comi)osed of decayed deciduous leaves, closely imjiacted to<rether, and ap- 

 ])arently thus combined when in a moistened condition, and afterward 

 dried into a firmness and .stren,ii:tli like that of pareliment. These are 

 intermin.nled with, and stren.uthened l)y, a few dry twiys, and the wlude 

 is lined with fine roots and a i'iiw fine dry ,i>ras.ses. Occasionally, instead 

 of tiie solid fniin(! of impacted leaves, we find one of solidified mud. 



The e,u-,i,'s of the Wood Thrush, usually four in nundier, sometimes five, 

 are of a \niiforni dcep-ldue tint, with liut a .sli-ht admi.xture of yellow, 

 which imparts a greenish tinge. Their average measurements are l.UU by 

 .73 inch. 



Turdus fuscescens, Sieimikns. 



TAWKY THRUSH ; WILSON'S THBUSH. 



Ti,n/i/.^ »;»s./,7/„„.v, Wii.«„x, Aiii.t. Omitliolofjy, V, 1812, OS, pi. 4:i (not of f! vf.i.in) 

 ri(r:/i(.sfi(.sa:,r,is, SiKiMiKN-s, Shaw's ( icn. Zooi. Bir.l.s, X, ,, 1S17, 182. Cvn .loi,,- 1S5.5 

 470 (Cuba). - lUiHi.. liinls X. .\n>. 18.58, 214. - In. Krv. Am. H. 18(i4, 17. -(irNi'.'r ' 

 lirportorio, 18(i,5, 228 (C,,!,,,, ,K,t nir..). 1',,,.zkls, 0,„. lin.s. ii, 1868, 92. (Sail 

 \iociitc, liia/il, Dcn'iiilH.i-.^— S.vjiri-.i.s, l.-iO. — Sci.ATKii, 1>. Z. S. 1850, 32t) — In 

 Catal. Am. liiids, IBlil, 2, Xo. 10. T ,ml us ..ilex, Viiiu,!,. Kii.'vdop. MVtli."ll" 182:5 

 f!4/ (liasnl on T. musHinus, Wii.s.). Tiinhis „-ils,mi,\ Hnv. Oils. Wils. 1825 No' 

 7;i. Tanltis minor, D'Oiin. I,ii Sagni'.s ('uha, Oi.s. 1840, 47, pi. v (Ciil.a). 



Sr. Cn.Mi. Almv,., at„l „„ si,lcs nC l,„wl an,l Ui'vk, i„,ulv uiiilonu lidit iv.l,lisl,-l,rown 

 wuhaiaiiit t,.n,l,.,u-y t,. orau,i;v „„ Iho cn>w„ a,„l (ail. I{,,,oatl,. white; tlie fore part 

 ..! tlu. iMvast aiKl tlin.at (pal.T on the chin) tinnv.l witl, pale hrownisli-vcliow, in deciVvl 

 contrast to tht- wl.ito of th. hcily. The si,i..s of the th,-„at a,,,! the fore part of tlio l,roa.t 

 a.s colored, are n.arke.l with small trian-alar spots of lijrht brownish, nearly like the back 

 but not well <ler,ne.l. There are a lew obsolete blotches on the si.'es ,.f the brea.st (in thJ 

 white) of pale olivaeeoMs; th.. ,<i,les of the bo.ly tinned n-hh the .same, Tibi.e white. 



Ihe lower n.amhble is brownisl y at th.. tip. The lores are a,sh-eolore,l, the orbital 



refrion grayish. Lenjrth, 7.50 ; win- 4.2.") ; tail. ;i.20; tarsii.s, 1.20. 



ILvn Eastern Xorth Ain..ri,.a, Halifax to Fort Bridirer,' and' north to Fort Garrv 

 tuba, 1 anunia, and Brazil (winterj. Orizaba (.winter;, Sc.micuhast 

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