THRUSHES 



(757) Hylocichla aliciae alicije 



GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. 

 As shown by the upper bird; above 

 uniform olive-brown; eye-ring whitish; 

 lores and cheeks gray; spotted with 

 oli\'e on throat and breast. L., 7.50. 



Range — Breeds in Newfoundland, 

 Keewatin, and Alaska; migrates 

 through eastern U. S. to South Amer- 

 ica. (757a) H. a. hicknelli. BICK- 

 NELL'S THRUSH. A trifle brighter 

 colored and smaller. L., 7.25. N. S. 

 and mountains of N. E. and N. Y. 



(758a) Hylocichla ustulata 

 swainsoni 



OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH. 

 Uniform olix'e above; eye-ring and 

 lores deep creamy-buff; throat and 

 breast washed with buff and spotted. 



Range — Breeds in Canada and 

 northern border of U. S. 



at their sweetest. Wood Thrush music is very clear and 

 flute-Hke in character, most of the notes loud and full, but 

 some of the minor ones so soft that one has to be near the 

 performer to catch them. 



As the last species is the most prominently marked of our 

 thrushes, so the VEERY or WILSON'S THRUSH is the 

 least conspicuous in its markings, the breast being only very 

 faintly streaked. The upper parts are wholly bright uniform 

 rufous-olive from the top of the head to the tip of the tail. 

 They frequent not only swampy woodland but dry thickets 

 or bushes along the roadside. In some sections of their 

 range they are regarded as more shy than the last species, 

 but in New England, in most parts of which they are more 

 abundant than any other thrushes, they are nearly as fear- 

 less and easily approached as are Song Sparrows. 



The Veery song is a very characteristic one, a spirally 

 descending " wheu-eu-eu-eu-eu. " It is one of the songs most 

 frequently heard throughout the summer. 



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