132 Mr. Peabody on the 
reconcile, from want of acquaintance with the bird. 
Nuttall however sets it down as passing the summer 
in our woods. 
Wirsow's Turussa, Turdus Wilsonii, is described 
by Nuttall as a common bird, resembling the wood 
thrush in its voice and song. He describes its nest 
as usually made in a low bush, not much above the 
ground, and depending for security on its resem- 
blance to the foliage where it is built. No earth is 
employed in its construction. The eggs are four or 
five, of an emerald green. This and the preceding 
species are not yet sufficiently known. 
The New Yonx Turvusn, Turdus Noveboracensis, 
which, according to Nuttall, hardly ever comes here 
except in autumn, arrives, as Dr. Brewer assures Ine, 
in the spring, and rears its young in our State. Its 
nest and eggs have been found in Roxbury. 
The GorpEN-cRowwEp 'Tunusu, Turdus auroca- 
pillus, is a very timid and retiring bird, which re- 
mains with us from May till September. It is not 
distinguished by any power of song, though it has 4 
succession of simple notes which sound pleasantly, 
In its quiet and solitary home. It sits and runs 0n 
the ground like the lark, and the moment it is dis- 
covered, eseapes from observation in the deepest 
shade of the woods. d 
This bird is better known by its curious nest than 
by its aspect or its song. It is built on the ground, 
among dry leaves or decayed moss. It is neatly co- 
