TAWNY THRUSH. 
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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 GXLY. — 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 
