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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



WOOD THRUSH 



Listen to him reverently and with an open 

 heart, for here is one of the world's perfect 

 voices. The Thrush tone is the purest and sweet- 

 est to be found among American birds. Thoreau 



WOOD THRUSH 



Length 8 inches 



says it is "like things drawn up dripping from 

 the bottom of deep springs." 



Whether the Wood Thrush or his smaller, 

 shyer northern relative, the Hermit Thrush, may 

 be considered the supreme exemplar of this fam- 

 ily gift is still in doubt: opinions differ. The 

 latter bird is rarely heard in the Southern states, 

 though he is well known as a winter visitor. 

 Certain South American thrushes and solitaires 



