PEKCHLXG SOXG-BIRDS. 



ORDER PASSERES: PERCHING BIRDS. 



SUB-ORDER OSCUTES: SINGLHG BIRDS. 

 FAMH.T TTRDIDJE: THBUSHES. 



Wood Thrash: Turdus mustelinus. 



PLiTK 6. Fig. 2. 

 Length : 7.50-b inches. 

 Malt and F'TTiil'. : AboTe tawny, deepest on head, tail olivaceous. Sides 



of throat iight buff, middle of threat, breast, and belly white ; 



sprinkled on Hides 'with heart-shaped or triangular dark-brown 



spots. Whitish eye ring, bill dark brown, feet flesh-coloured. 

 Syr.; : A melody in which some notes have the effect of a stringed 



accompaniment. The syllables are uttered deliberately, about 



four seconds apart — '• Uoli — a-e-o-li, noli — noli — uol — aeolee- 



lee:'- 

 Siason : Early May to October. 



Breeds : Northward from Virginia, Kentucky, and Kansas, 

 2Cest : Of small rwigs with a mud lining, sometimes saddled upon the 



botishs of cTergxeens not far from the trunk, or in small trees 



and bushes. 

 Egg?: Fotrr ustialiy. similar in eoiour to the Bobin's, but smaller. 

 Mange : Eastern United States to the Plains, north to southern SDchi- 



nn. Ontario, and Massachusetts, south in winter to Guatemala 



and Cuba. 



Xext to tie American Botin. the Wood Thrush is the 

 most widelv known of its tribe. He is an exquisite vocalist, 

 rhe tones having a rue quality of rolling vibrance. and 

 often as he utters Ms placid notes, each one fall and delib- 

 erate, the song seems like the music of a flute and an 



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