WOOD THRUSH. IS 



back are tawny, whilo tho wings and tail have a decided tinge of 

 olive. The uiidur partH are of ii dull nilvur white, Hhading into 

 cream color on the brutvat, which in thickly marked with clearly 

 defined round N))ot8 of olive brown. These breant HpotH are more 

 conHpicuous on the wood thruHh than on the others of the group, 

 and make the bird diHtinguiNhablu at conHiderable disUnce. Ita 

 size, too, helps to separate it from itn congenerH, for it in the largest 

 of the thrushen, moasuring about eight inchcH from tip of tail to 

 end of beak. When purched, it looks almost as large as a robin, but 

 on examination proves somewhat smaller. 



Early in May these birds make their appearance in Sr)uthem 

 Ontario, and soon after commence house building, The nest is 

 placed on a low branch of a small tree, sometimes on a low bush, 

 and is of tho type built by the family, a rough structure of dried 

 grass, leaved and twigs, cemented with nmd and lir.od with grass 

 and fine roots. Tho eggs, three or four in number, are of a beauti- 

 ful greenish-blue color, "robin's egg blue." 



Before the September days are finished, the wood thrushes have 

 silently stolen away from their summer homes and begun their 

 long journey southward, to their winter quarters in the tropical 

 regions of Cuba and Guatemala. 



