NATURE STUDY. 
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sat upon the front of the bluff that overlooked his favorite 
brook, reckoning his score. Of the Dragonflies there were 
eight genera and eleven species—but not one of them had 
an English name. 
Songs of the True Thrushes. 
BY FREDERICK W. BATCHEEDER. 
The true thrushes of America were formerly included in 
the genus Turdus with the thrushes of the old world. Re¬ 
cently they have been separated as the genus Hylocichla. 
Of this genus there may be seen in New Hampshire either 
as residents or migrants five species and one subspecies, as 
follows : 
Hylocichla mustelina, Wood Thrush. 
‘ ‘ fuscescens, T awny Thrush. 
alicise, Gray-cheeked Thrush. 
“ “ Bicknelli, Bicknell’s Thrush. 
“ ustulata Swainsonii, Olive-backed Thrush. 
“ aonalaschkae pallasii, Hermit Thrush. 
The Tawny Thrush is also called Wilson’s Thrush or 
the Veery; the Gray-clieeked is sometimes called Alice’s 
and the Olive-backed, Swainson’s Thrush. 
The Gray-cheeked Thrush breeds in the far north and 
is accordingly with us only in migration. Its subspecies, 
Bicknell’s Thrush, breeds in the White Mountain region. 
The Olive-backed Thrush breeds in the same region, but 
probably has a more southerly range and may be a summer 
resident in the vicinity of Manchester. The Wood, the 
Tawny and the Hermit Thrushes are common summer res¬ 
idents with us. 
It has been my good fortune this season to see all these 
thrushes except Bicknell’s and to hear the songs of all ex- 
