Turdus mustelinus . 
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Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1896. ^After tea we walked to the Pearly White farm. Reach- 
May 14. White's we sat down on a knoll on the edge of a grove of 
young pasture spruces. Then a Wood Tnrush gave his sharp 
rattling challenge rwhit-tit-tit-tit ) a dozen times or more 
within thirty yards or less. No mistaking this call in this 
still evening air. Watrous heard it first and at once ex¬ 
claimed "There's a 'Wood Thrushl". I was making a noise at 
the time and the notes failed to reach my ear. So I replied 
"There are no Wood Thrushes in this region", but the next in¬ 
stant I had to acknowledge my mistake. 
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