PERCHING BIRDS 
756. Veery. Hylocichla fuscescens 
fuscescens. 
Range. — Eastern North America, breeding in 
the northern half of its United States range 
and in the southern British Provinces. 
The Veery is very abundantly distributed in 
woodland, either moist or dry, and nests on 
the ground or within a very few inches of it, 
usually placing its structures of woven bark 
strips and grasses, in the midst of a clump of 
sprouts or ferns. The three or four eggs which 
they lay in May or June are bluish green, much 
darker than those of the Wood Thrush, and 
nearly the color of those of the Catbird. Size 
.90 x .65. 
756'a. Willow Thrush. Hylocichla fus- 
cescens salicicola. 
Range/ — Rocky Mountain region, north to 
British Columbia. 
The nests and eggs of this similar bird do 
not differ from those of the last. 
Wood Thrush 
757. Gray-cheeked Thrush. Hylocichla alicice alicice. 
Range. — Breeds from Labrador to Alaska; winters south to Central America. 
The nesting habits and eggs of this species are very similar to those of the 
following sub-species and the same description will answer for both. 
757. BlCKNELL’s Thrush. Hylocichla alicice bicknelli. 
Range. — Breeds in the Catskills, White Mountains and Nova Scotia. 
These birds, which are practically identical 
with the preceding, build their nests at low 
elevations in trees, usually evergreens when 
present, making them of twigs, moss and root- 
lets,. lined with fine grasses. 
The eggs, which are laid dur- 
ing May or June, are pale 
greenish blue, spotted and 
blotched with pale brown or 
russet. Size .88 x .64. Data. 
— Seal Island, Nova Scotia, 
June 3, 1901. Nest of green Greenish blue 
moss and rootlets, in a spruce, 5 feet from the 
ground. 
758. Russet-backed Thrush. Hylocichla 
ustulata ustulata. 
Wilson’s Thrush 
Range. — Pacific coast, breeding in Oregon 
and Alaska; winters in Central America. 
This species is very abundant in moist 
thickets throughout its range, nesting in bushes 
and low trees, and making them of weed 
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