THE WOOD THRUSH. 



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No. 93. 



WOOD THRUSH. 



A. O. U. No. 755. Hylocichia mustelina (Gmel.). 



Description. — Adult : Above, bright cinnamon-brown, brightest on head 

 and nape, shading insensibly into hght oHve-brovvn on rump, wings, and tail; 

 wing-quills fuscous on inner webs ; below, white, a buffy tinge on breast meeting- 

 bright cinnamon on sides of neck, — marked, except on upper throat, belly, and 

 crissum, with large, roundish, or wedge-shaped, blackish spots ; lores and eye- 

 ring whitish, not clearly defined ; auriculars sharply streaked with white and 



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 Circleviile 



Photo by 

 tiic Author. 



'■The Brcoding Female is Unusually I1e\oted to IIer Jvcgs." 



dark brown ; bill dark at base, lightening toward tip en culmen ; lower mandible 

 and feet yellowish brown. Length 7.50-8.50 ( 190.5-215.9) ; wing 4.30 (109.2) ; 

 tail 3.10 '(78.7) : bill .66 (16.8). 



