T mi US F IKS, HLUKMIItDS, FTC. 



897 



l)lc.s tojjether, 



(I Thrush is a 



but when his 



gives painful 



he siirne char- 

 ier, tiie Wood 

 , restful song 

 )ure and clear 

 food cheer in 



• — #— I — '• 



le to nie. 



; Vkkky. Ad. 



II, not so britflit 



the tliroat anil 



II wedge-nhajml 



liitu, witii villi/ 



ta uniform cin- 



uid (•".) partk'U- 

 U'uvily spotted, 

 y washed with 



nois and Penn- 

 y tlic Alle!,'ha- 



Scpt. PA Sing 

 lun S. K., May 



■aves and lined 

 (\\ l)lue, of the 



•grown wood- 

 Thrush : ho 

 cover of his 



1 are cfiually 



//, which can 

 of blended 

 11 one of its 

 to emainitc 

 te-r-r-hu re- 



peated eight or nine times around a series of intertwining circles, the 

 description might emible you to recogni/e the Veery's song. 



The Veery has a double personality, or he may repeat the notes of 

 some loss vocally developed ancestor, for on occasions he gives utter- 

 ance to an entirely uncharacteristic series of cncknni not s. and even 

 mounts high in the tree to sing a hesitntiiijr medley of the same nn- 

 nuisical cdcks, broken whistled calls, and attempted trills. Fortu- 

 nately, this performance is comparatively uncommon, and to most of 

 us the Veery is kn(<wn oidy by his own strange, unearthly song. His 

 notes touch chords which no other i)ir(rs song reiu'hes. Tlie Water- 

 Thrush is inspiring, the Wood and Hermit Thrushes "serenely exalt 

 the spirit," but the Veery appeals to even higher feelings; all the 

 wondrous mysteries of the woods find a voice in his song ; he thrills 

 us with emotions we can not express. 



766a. T. f. salicicolus ; Iil<l(jw.). Wim.ow Turisu.— Similar to tho 

 preceding, l>iit witli the upjKT jiarts .sli<.Mitly darUcr. 



liaiiffe. — liorky Mountains, iiortli to Hritish ('olutid)la; south in winter to 

 tho tropics; niij;rates as fur east as Illinois anil, easuully. South Curoiiiui. 



767. l\iPdus allciSB Ilainl. (liiAY-niEEKKi) Tiiinsn. .((/.— Up])er 



parts unit'oriii iiUre, pnu'ticaliy no dltlVreMi'e between tlie colors of tlie l)ack 

 and tail; cyc-ring w/iitish, [own fjrii>//.i/i ; middle of tlic tiiroat and middle 

 of the belly white ; sides of tlie throat and breast with u V(r///(ii)it tinge of 

 creani-l)Utf ; the feathers of the sides of tlie throat spotted with wcdire-shaped 

 marks, those of tlie breast witli half-round Mack marks; sides brownish gray 

 or brownish ashy. L., 7-58 ; W., 40'.» ; T., 2!Mj ; H., •:..-). 



Jiemarh. — The uniform olive of tlie up[K'r parts of this species at onco 

 separates it from our eastern Thrushes except its subspcciits hlckiuIU ami the 

 Olive-backed Thrush. From the latter it may be known by the eomparative 

 absence of buff on the breast and sides of the throat, by its whitish eye-ring 

 and frrayish lores. 



A'f«//f/<'.— North America; breeds in Labrador and northwestward to Alas- 

 ka ; migrates through eastern North America to Central America. 



Washington, rather common T. V., May 10 to June .">; Sept. 10 to Oct. 10. 

 Sing Sing, tolerably common T. V., May lo to June 1; Sept. '20 to ')ct. 17. 

 Cambridge, uncommon T. V., May lo to 2h\ Sej>t. 2.') to Oct. (1. 



Xtst^ of grasses, leaves, strips of fine bark, etc., lined with fine gras'^es. in 

 low trees or bushes. J'^<j<js, four, greenish blue, spotted with rusty brown, 

 •1)2 X •C?. 



During its migrations Alice's Thrush maybe found associated with 

 the Olive-backed Thrush, from which it c;iii in' distinguished in life 

 only by an expert. It is a rather shy bird, and is apt to fly np from 

 the ground to some low lind), and. after a moincnt's pause, seek a more 

 distant perch before one reaches fair opera-glass range. 



This species has been so long confused with liicknell's Thrush that 



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