. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . se of the Catbird, averaging lighter, but not certainly distinguishablein color from those of the Robin, 105 x 76. Date, Yemassee, S. C, May12; D. C, May 1; Chester Co., Pa., May 17; Cambridge, May 26; se. Minn.,May 26. The Wood Thrush is not so distinctively a bird of the woods as theVeery. Well-shaded lawns are sometimes graced by its presence, andat all times it is more familiar and easier to observe than its retiringrelative. Large size, bright cinnamon upperparts, and especiallya con
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . se of the Catbird, averaging lighter, but not certainly distinguishablein color from those of the Robin, 105 x 76. Date, Yemassee, S. C, May12; D. C, May 1; Chester Co., Pa., May 17; Cambridge, May 26; se. Minn.,May 26. The Wood Thrush is not so distinctively a bird of the woods as theVeery. Well-shaded lawns are sometimes graced by its presence, andat all times it is more familiar and easier to observe than its retiringrelative. Large size, bright cinnamon upperparts, and especiallya conspicuously spotted breast and sides, are its most striking fieldcharacters. The Wood Thrushs call-notes are a liquid quirt and a sharp latter is the more characteristic and is often heard after night-fall. When the bird is alarmed or imagines its young in danger, itsloud and rapid utterance of this call, resembUng the sound produced-. by striking large pebbles together, gives painful evidence of its fearand anxiety. The songs of the Wood and Hermit Thrushes are of the same char- Plate XXIV. Thrushes of the Genus Htlocichla1. Wood Tlirush. 3. uliTe-backed Thrush 4. Gray-oheeked Hermit Thrush. 2. Veery. ^ THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 493 acter, but, while the Hermit is the more gifted performer, the WoodThrush does not suffer by the comparison. His cahn, restful songrings through the woods like a hymn of praise rising pure and clearfrom a thankful heart. It is a message of hope and good cheer in themorning, a benediction at the close of day: The flutelike opening notes are an invitation tohis haunts; a call from Nature to yield ourselves tothe ennobling influences of the forest. Come to me. 1910. Weygandt, C, Cassinia, 21-27 (biography). 756. Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens {Steph.). Vebky. Ads.—Upperparts, wings, and tail nearly uniform cinnamon-brown, not so brightas in the Wood Thrush; center of the throat white; sides of the throat andbreast with a delic
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