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SOME CANADIAN BIRDS. 



WILSON'S THRUSH. 



This bird is also known as ** tawny thrush " and *' veery." It was 

 named "Wilson's thrush" in honor of that illustrious Scotchman 

 who is called the Father of American Ornithology, and the bird 

 gained the sobriquet of " tawny " through wearing a rufous-tinted 

 jacket, while the name of "veery " was suggested by the bird's song, 

 which bears a resemblance to the words veery veery veery. Nuttall 

 heard in this song vehu 'v'rehu 'v'rehu ^v'rehu and again ve vUlilld 

 vUlUl viUUl. I take sides with Nuttall against the "veery" version, 

 though I do not think that the song is well represented by any of 

 these phrases. I doubt if either of them will convey a correct idea 



