WOOD THRUSH. 
Ill 
he must have chanffcd his very nature. But Mr 
thr"T*^* has also described and delineated the little 
and*** *’* ’■cferred to Catesby as haviiin- drawn 
**'Sravcd it before. Now this thrush of Kdwards 
in jj *" really a diflerent species ; one not resident 
****'sylvania, but passing- to the north in May, and 
tin same way in October, and may be dis- 
L^‘ahed from the true song thrush (tiirdus rnelodus) 
spots being much broader, and not descending 
n.;,.**'' helow the bi-east. It is also an inch shorter, 
li * “'n cheeks of a bright tawny colour. Mr William 
yea-***”’ transmitted this bird, more than fifty 
en^!* Edwards, by w'hom it was drawn and 
"nd **''**'> examined the two species in my ])resence ; 
*9ti K** them n ith the one in Edn ai ds, was 
tij^‘''“®d that the bird there figured and described is not 
elj "’nod thru.sh, (turdtis rnelodus,) but the tawny 
"ev above mentioned. Tliis sjieidcs I have 
ijj in Pennsylvania but in spring and full. It 
ti,„_ h more solitary than the former; utters, at rare 
a single cry, similar to that of a chicken which 
''hi 1 ■*' mother ; and is, probably, tlie same bird 
®h Is described by 81oaue and Catesby. 
ff^i ^ '•he Count de Buff'on has drawn his description 
"bsi above mentioned, the same observations 
the ‘"l“ally to what ho has said on the subject ; and 
t(, little theory which this writer had formed 
air • for its want of song, vanishc.s into empty 
Di, that the song thrush of Eurojie (turdus 
had, at some time after the creation, rambled 
by the northern ocean, and made its way to 
that, advancing to the south, it had there 
t()e,^^’^“®®'l»ence) become degenerated by change of 
Unpi climate, so that its cry is now harsh and 
“ as are the cries of all birds that live in 
countries inhabited by savages.”f 
I ^OtVARDs, 206 . 
^''Uo ''o'- “h 289. The figure in pi. enl. 698, hashttl„ 
^V»ve to the wood thrush, being of a deep green oliv^ 
* spotted to the tail below with long streaks ol brown. 
