THRUSHES. 



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Thrush and Catbird are good types of their respective 

 groups, though several Thrushes nest upon the ground, or 

 have spotted eggs. 



The subfamilies of the Thrushes are : — 



TURDiNJE, Genus Turdus, I. 

 (Highly musical.) Subgenus Hyloeichla (^A—E. "" Fig. 1). 

 (Moderately musical.) Subgenus Planesticus (E~), 



musun^, Genera II and III. 



I. TURDUS. (HYLOCICHLA.) 



A. MUSTELINUS. Wood Thrush. " Song Thrush." A 

 common summer resident in Massachusetts.* 



Fig. 1. Wood Tlirnsli. (i) 



a. About eight inches long. Above, soft but bright red- 

 dish brown (or " tawny "), gradually becoming soft " olive- 

 dusky " on the rump, tail, and end of the wings. Beneath, 

 white, with a very slight buff tinge upon the breast ; spotted 

 on the breast and sides with dark brown (or " dusky "). 



6. The nest sometimes closely resembles that of the 

 Robin, but it is often composed outwardly of moss and even 

 twigs, though subject to considerable variation in composition 



" The Wood ThrnsBea. The Robins Massachusetts, and rare or accidental 



(F) are well known ; (G) has been sep- 

 arated from them, and placed in sub- 

 genus Hesperocichla. 



* A summer resident, very common 

 and generally distributed in Connecti- 

 cut, less numerous and more local in 



north of the latter State, excepting, 

 possibly, near the shores of Lake 

 Cbamplain in western Vermont, where 

 it is said to breed regularly in some 

 numbers. — W. B. 



