. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. TURDIDiE, THRUSHES. GEN. 1. 73 3^-4, tail 2f-3. North Americii, except perhaps south-west U. S. Nest in bushes ; eggs speclded. Wils., v, pi. 45, f. 2, but not his description on p. 95; Bd., 216 swAiNSONi. Yaw alicke. Alice's Thrush. Similar; bat without any huffy tint about head, nor yellowish ring around eye ; averaging a trifle larger, with
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. TURDIDiE, THRUSHES. GEN. 1. 73 3^-4, tail 2f-3. North Americii, except perhaps south-west U. S. Nest in bushes ; eggs speclded. Wils., v, pi. 45, f. 2, but not his description on p. 95; Bd., 216 swAiNSONi. Yaw alicke. Alice's Thrush. Similar; bat without any huffy tint about head, nor yellowish ring around eye ; averaging a trifle larger, with longer, slenderer bill. Much the same distribution, but breeds further north. Nest and eggs siinilar. Bd., 217, and Eev. 21. Var. ustulatiis. Similar; but with the upper parts slightly suifased with tawny, and the spots below smaller, fewer and paler ; thus approximating to the following species. Nest and eggs, however, as in swainsoiti. Pacific Coast, U. S. NuTT., 2d ed. i, 400 ; Bd., 215 ; Coop., .5. âi--i- Upper parts tawny. )rt |) Wilson's Thrush. Veery. Under parts white, with olive shade on sides, and strong fulvous (almost pinkish-brown) tint on breast; breast and sides of neck with very small, sparse, sometimes indistinct dusky spots. 7-7J long; wing 4-4J, tail 3^. Eastern N. Am. Nest built on the ground; eggs plain. Wils., v, 98, pi. 43; Nutt., i, 349; Aud., iii, 27, pi. 145; Bd. 214 ruscESCENS. Subfamily MUflNuE. Mocldng Thrushes. Distinguished from the last \)j having the tarsus scutcllate in front, the tail longer and rounder (usually longer than the wings, but not so in Oreosco2Jtes), the wings shorter and rounder, with 1st p'rimary hardly to be called spurious. Birds very much like overgrown wrens (with which they used to be associated), but dis- tinguished therefrom by more deeply cleft toes, different nostrils, and bristly rictus (compare diagnoses of the tvfo families). The hill is usually longer, or at least slenderer, and more curved than in the typical thru
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