174 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



1883, when the breeding birds were killed off for millinery- 

 purposes, leaving the young to starve to death. Like the 

 proceeding they vary a fish food with insects of all kinds. 



Terw, Jtfarsh. See Gull-billed Tern. 



Tern, Wilson^s. See Common Tern. 



Thistle-hira. See Goldfinch. 



Thrush, >fllce's. See Gray-Cheeked Thrush. 



Thrush,Blackbird. See Eusty Blackbird. 



Thrush, Brotvu. See Brown Thrasher. 



Thrush, Ctolden-crovpned. See Ovenbird. 



Thrush, Gray-cheeked. — Lengtli, seven and a half 

 inches; bill, one-half inch in length, slender. Above, 

 bi-ownish olive, nearly uniform, though tail and wings 

 are a trifle brighter; below, white, shading into a light 

 buff on the breast; breast and fore part of the abdomen 

 spotted with olive brown; sides of the head, whitish with 

 whitish streaks on the ear coverts and white spot before 

 the eye; legs, light flesh color. The birds breed in low 

 bushes and shrubs, making a nest of grasses, leaves, bark 

 and lining it with finer grasses. The eggs are four in 

 number, greenish blue with brown spots, and one inch by 

 three-fourths in size. It breeds north of the UniLed 

 . States and spends the winter in Mexico and the south. 

 In New Jersey it is transient, not very numerous, occur- 

 ring about the middle of May and again between Septem- 

 ber 20 and October 10. Torrey gives its song as wee-o, 

 wee-o, tit-li wee-o. It feeds on berries and insects. 



Thrush, Hermit, — Length, seven and one-fifth inches; 

 extent, eleven inches; bill, half an inch long, black above, 



