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Upper parts light yellowish-brown, the head and hind neck of a tint 

 approaching to reddish-orange; the rump and tail-coverts duller and of an 

 olivaceous tint; quills and tail-coverts light olive-brown, the outer webs of 

 the coverts and quills like the back; eyes margined with a whitish circle; 

 lower parts white, anteriorly tinged with yellow, the sides and lower part of 

 the neck, the fore part of the breast, and the sides of the body marked with 

 large roundish or broadly ovato-triangular decided brownish-black spots. 



Male, 8, 13. 



TAWNY THRUSH. 



-Turdus Wilsonii, Bonap. 

 PLATE CXLV.— Male. 



Wilson's Thrush is never seen or heard in Louisiana during spring, and 

 a few only pass through the lower portions of that State in autumn. I 

 suppose its migration from the farther south is along the declivities of the 

 range of the Alleghany Mountains, at least for some distance, and it probably 

 takes place under night. It reaches the mountainous districts of Pennsyl- 

 vania early in the month of May, but few if any breed there. In the upper 

 parts of the State of New York, they become more plentiful, and there some 

 undoubtedly spend the summer; but from Massachusetts eastward to Labra- 

 dor, they become more and more abundant. On the 20th of July, while in 

 the latter country, I saw the young of this species following their mother. 

 They were there almost full grown, and could fly a hundred yards or so at 

 a time. By the 12th of August none were seen, although during my stay 

 they were as common as any other birds. In the latter part of the same 

 month, I met with those which had bred at Newfoundland, on their return 

 to the south, and followed them into Massachusetts. 



At Labrador, as well as in the latter State, the Tawny Thrush retains its 

 retired habits, and seeks refuge in the concealment of dark shady woods, 

 near brooks or moist grounds. There, in a low bush, or on the ground 

 beneath it, this bird builds its nest, which is large, composed externally of 

 dry leaves, mosses, and the stalks of grasses, and lined with finer grasses, 

 and delicate fibrous portions of different kinds of mosses, without any mud 



