ain records 

 ' habits, but 

 d for us to 

 list. Colloc- 



im'tlar to the 

 Hinallcr. L., 



hward to the 



(Juinbridgc, 



ion and posi- 

 suuii (Brew- 



8). 



roin an alti- 

 found lower 

 most abun- 

 sains which 

 I our higher 

 narily satu- 

 sunimor in 

 [te- Wrens, 

 te-throated 



it is quite 

 d Iccahties 

 ss one may 

 w of a sin- 

 e fact that 



h is, while 



X the same 

 t ends dif- 

 d the final 

 inary calls 

 'sc"f<cctis, a 

 uck much 

 to that of 

 c, p. 4G7). 



\ K-ItArKEI) 



hai'k and 

 vcn ocliru- 



TIIRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 



399 



ccous-buff ; the featheu'. of the sides of tlie throat with wedge-shaped hhiek. 

 spots at their tips, tliose of the breast witli rounded hhiek spots at their tips ; 

 middle of the belly wiiite ; sides brownish gray or brownish ashy. L., 7"17 ; 

 W., 3'J3; T., 2-7t! ;' B., -.W. 



Jiemarks. — This bird will be confused only with the Gray-clieeked and 

 Bieknell's Thrushes, from whicli it ditlei-s in the much stronger sulfusion of 

 bull on tiie throat and breast, its buff eye-ring aiul lores. 



Range. — Breeds from Manitoba, northern New Kngland, and New Bruns- 

 wick to Alaska and Labrador, and southward in the Koeky Mountains, and 

 along the Alleghanies to Pennsylvania; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, common T. V., May 4 to 2« ; Sept. 'I'l to Oct. 2o. 8ing Sing, 

 tolerably common T. V., May 2 to 30; Sept. lit to Oct. 22. Cambridge, com- 

 mon T. v.. May 12 to June 3 ; Sept. 10 to Oct. T). 



Xext. of coarse grasses, moss, rootlets, leaves, and bark, lined with rootlets 

 and grasses, in buslies or small trees, ai)0Ut four feet up. AV/ys, tliree to four, 

 greenish blue, more or less spotted anu .speckled witli cinnamon-brown or 

 rufous, -DO X -64. 



Passing northward in the spring, in small, silent bands, scattered 

 through the woodland undergrowth, whence they (piietly slip away, if 

 disturbed, often to the higher branches of the trees, these birds easily 

 escape observation. In late Septen.ber or early ()ctolt)er their loud, 

 metallic call-notes may be recognized overhead at night, and during 

 the day the birds themselves may be found on the edges of the woods 

 or along tangled hedgerows, associated with Sjiarrows and other mi- 

 grants. Their summer home is in the coniferous forest of the north, 

 although they do not confine themselves strictly to the evergreen 

 woods, and, avoiding its depths, seek rather the vicinity of clearings 

 well grown up with firs and spruces. Here, day after day, the same 

 musician may be seen pouring forth his ringing song from some com- 

 manding elevation— preferably a dead tree top. If ai)proached, lie 

 promptly dives down into the xmderbrush, where he is very likely 

 joined by his mate, and both proceed to scold, in a mild way, t'ne 

 chance intruder. Little is ever seen of these .shy birds, but fortunately 

 their notes are quite characteristic, and the sole obstacle in distinguish- 

 ing Ihem from those of the Hermit Thrush, a bird frequenting the 

 same localities, lies in the ditriculty of tracing tiiem to their source. 



The eflfect of its loud and beautiful song is much enhanced by the 

 evening hush in which it is most often heard. It lacks the leisurely 

 sweetness of the Hermit Thrush's outpourings, nor is there pause, but 

 in lower key and with greater energy it bubbles on rapidly to a close 

 ratlier than fading out with the soft melody of its renowned rival. 

 There are also a variety of other notes, the most fretjuent being a 

 puk of alarm, pitched higher than a corresponding cluck of the Hermit 

 Thrush. .1. D'Vkhit, Jr. 



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