BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 107 



Towhee (continued) 



Call no, 

 Nu Tp Adult on Log near Nest, Side View. (1912) Bailey 



Note the long, widespread tail, carried upward. 



Nu Tp2 Nest with Four Eggs on Ground. (1912) Bailey 



A typical nesting place at the foot of a plant. 



Nu Tp5 Adult at Nest Feeding Young. Arcade. (1905) 



R. H. Beehe 

 Note the suspicious manner of the adult. 



Veery {Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens) 



Known also as Wilson's thrush. This bird prefers damp 

 woods, especially a swampy forest that is flooded early in the 

 season. 7-7.5 



Nu Ve Adult Incubating. (1910) Bailey 



Notice the small spots on the breast. The wood thrush has 

 large spots. The nest is usually placed on or iiear the ground, 

 sometimes on a log. 



Nu Ve2 Nest and Four Eggs with an Egg of the Cowbird. Ithaca. 

 (June 1915) Allen 



Note how the nest is built up from the ground on a platform 

 of leaves. 



Nu Ve4 Adult with Young in Nest. Renwick, near Ithaca. (June 5, 

 1915) Allen 



The young are ready to be fed, but this time the old bird has 

 no food. 



Nu Ve6 Adult on Nest Panting. Renwiclc, near Ithaca. (June 5, 

 1915) Allen 



The bird is protecting the young from the heat of the sun. 



Vireo, Bluie-headed (Lanivireo solitarius solitarius) 



A summer resident of the Canadian zone of New York. This 

 species is known also as the solitary vireo. It breeds in deep 

 cool woods, more frequently in evergreens. 5.25-5.75 



