142 THRUSH. 



Inhabits America ; rarely seen in Pennsylvania, unless for a few 

 weeks in spring, and late in the fall, when the Wood Thrush has 

 departed; but in New Jersey remains longer, being seen there in 

 November : breeds in the cane swamps of the Chactaw Nation, in 

 May ; the next fixed on the upper part of the body of a branch, 

 firmly made, of coarse rooty grass, with horse-hair, lined with fine 

 greenish grass, peculiarly neat, but with no mixture of mud or 

 plaister; eggs four, pale greenish blue, with specks and blotches of 

 olive, particularly at the larger end ; the food consists of berries, such 

 as of the holly, myrtle,* gall bush,t Yapa shrub, £ and many others. 



188 —QUEBEC THRUSH. 



LENGTH seven inches ; in make rather stouter than the Little 

 Thrush. Bill dusky, base of the under mandible yellowish ; the 

 plumage above yellowish brown, beneath dusky yellowish white, 

 with longish dusky streaks, but the middle of the chin, and parts 

 beyond the breast are white ; tail even at the end, not very long; 

 legs yellowish. 



Inhabits Quebec. — General Davies. 



One, similar to this, was sent from Georgia by Mr. Abbot ; the 

 size much the same ; brown above, and yellowish beneath ; over the 

 eyes a broad yellowish streak ; chin plain ; throat, breast, and sides 

 under the wings, marked with longish black spots ; the tail scarcely 

 rounded at the end ; bill reddish brown ; legs yellowish brown. 



Inhabits Georgia ; frequent in the swamps in summer, haunting 

 the dry lakes, scratching, and turning up dead leaves in search of 

 insects, but is not common. 



Myrica. f Quercus gallifera ? J Ilex Cassine. 



