BIEDS OF :KEW ENGLAND AND 

 EASTEKN NEW YOEK 



PERCHING BIRDS: ORDER PASSERBS 



THRUSHES : FAMILY TUHDIDiE 



Five brown, wood-haunting Thrushes occur in various 

 portions of New York and New England. They resemble 

 one another closely in their general appearance and behavior, 

 and in the quality of their voices. Only one, the Veery or 

 Wilson's Thrush, occurs in summer throughout New Eng- 

 land and New York. The Wood Thrush is common in 

 southern New England ; the Hermit Thrush and the 

 Olive-backed are common in northern New England. All 

 are shy and more commonly heard than seen ; when sing- 

 ing, however, they often sit for a long time on one perch, 

 generally on some low bough, and may be discovered if one 

 approaches them carefully. The Brown Thrush, so called, 

 or Brown Thrasher, is not properly a Thrush. (See p. 95.) 



Bluebied. Sialia sialis 

 7.01 



Ad. $. — Entire upper parts bright blue, particularly when 

 seen in strong light ; throat, breast, and sides reddish-brown ; belly 

 whitish. Ad. f. — Upper parts grayish, but in flight showing 

 blue on the rump, wings, and tail ; the reddish-brown of the under 

 parts much paler than in the $ . Im. — Back spotted with whitish ; 

 throat and breast whitish, mottled with brownish spots. 



Nest, in a hollow limb, box, or knot-hole, lined with grass. Eggs, 

 light bine. 



