. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . anadian songsters, to which I Ijelieve heis well entitled. The only rival he has in the woods is the BrownThrasher, which we admit is also a grand performer. He is a largerbird, and his notes can be heard a long way off, but, having listenedto both attentively, I find that for variety and richness of notes,as well as fo
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . anadian songsters, to which I Ijelieve heis well entitled. The only rival he has in the woods is the BrownThrasher, which we admit is also a grand performer. He is a largerbird, and his notes can be heard a long way off, but, having listenedto both attentively, I find that for variety and richness of notes,as well as for sweetness and execution, I can cordially award thepalm to the Catbird. In the color of his plumage there is nothingattractive, but he is handsome in form, and of a most sociable andkindly disposition. He is not partial to the solitude of the great delight seems to be to nestle near a log-house in the edgeof a clearing, where his rapturous notes are the first sounds heardin the morning by the squatters children, and again in the eveningthey are soothed to slumber by his plaintive strains. By all meanslet us give the Catbird the encouragement and protection that maybe in our power, and we shall be well rewarded both by good musicand by good work in the Genus HARPORHYNCHUS Cabanis. Subgenus METHRIOPTERUS Rbichenbach. HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS (Linn.). 296. Brown Thrasher. (705) Above, reddish-brown ; below, white, with more or less tawny tinge; breastand sides, spotted with dark brown; thi-oat and belly, unspotted; bill, blackabove, yellow below; feet, pale; iris, yellow. Length, 11; wing, 4; tail, 5-6. Hab.—Eastern United States, west to the Rocky Mountains, north toSouthern Maine, Ontario and Manitoba, south to the Gulf States, includingEastern Texas. Accidental in Europe. Nest, most frequently placed in the fork of a small tree in a thicket, threeto six feet from the ground, sometimes higher, occasionally on the ground;composed of twigs, grass, leaves and rootl
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