Cambridge, Mass.
1902.
May 24
(No 2)
  The Gray-cheeked Thrush, an exceptionally large
bird, looking, in fact, almost as big as a Robin, was
so tame that it allowed me to approach within fifteen
or eighteen feet without showing the slightest alarm or even
nervousness. Early in the afternoon W. Dean & I heard it
singing and following up the sound found the bird perched
on a low branch of the cedar tree near the pond. It sang
at short intervals for ten or fifteen minutes but always sotto voce
the notes seeming to come from a distance although we were
standing nearly under the tree. The song was so very like
that of the Veery that I should have attributed it to
that bird had I not seen the singer so distinctly. It fell
at the end, as does the Verry's song, but the notes were
given less smoothly and continuously than those of the
Veery & the tone was perhaps somewhat harsher & more
metallic. The bird also called a few times much after
the manner of the Veery.
Gray-cheeked Thrush singing in the garden
  The Swainson's Thrush also sang a little in low
tones. W. Dean tells me that it has been in the
garden for several days and that it was in full song
yesterday afternoon at about five o'clock.
Swainson's Thrush singing in the garden
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