. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . tless and active. W. THRUSHES. Turdidae. Medium to large Singing Perchers, wellproportioned, for among them we find theideal bird form, as well as the power of songdeveloped to the highest degree; widely dis-tributed throughout the temperate and trop-ical regions of the globe. CC, V, a, 1. a. Spotted Thrushes. Hylocichla. 1-4. Medium-sized thrushes; wings, folding to middle of tailor a little beyond ; bill, short; adults, spotted beneath ; sex-es, similar. Eggs, blue. Fig. 378. 1. WOOD THRUSH, H. MUSTELINUS. ;above reddish-brown, de-c
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . tless and active. W. THRUSHES. Turdidae. Medium to large Singing Perchers, wellproportioned, for among them we find theideal bird form, as well as the power of songdeveloped to the highest degree; widely dis-tributed throughout the temperate and trop-ical regions of the globe. CC, V, a, 1. a. Spotted Thrushes. Hylocichla. 1-4. Medium-sized thrushes; wings, folding to middle of tailor a little beyond ; bill, short; adults, spotted beneath ; sex-es, similar. Eggs, blue. Fig. 378. 1. WOOD THRUSH, H. MUSTELINUS. ;above reddish-brown, de-cidedly brighter onhead; white beneathm a r k e d nearly every-where with spots of dark-brown, fig. 377 page in eastern U. Ya. and Kan. northto C a n a d a ; winters inCentral America; southin Sep.; north in , W, a, 2. Common, frequenting wooded glens. Song, loud, clear, and bell-like; ^■Tru-ral lu tru-ral lee are the louder notes with other lower variations; a rather harsh, stammering alarm. Nests, in trees; eggs, 282 THRUSHES. 2. HERMIT THRUSH, H. pallasii. ; tawny above,decidedly reddish on tail; white beneath, tinged with creamyon breast; spots, triangular, not extending on sides; eyering, creamy, fig. 378. Breeds in eastern N. A. from Mass.(Barnstable, Plymouth, Worcester Counties, westward, andirregularly elsewhere), northern Alleghanies, and northernMich, northward; winters from Northern States southward;north in April; south in Oct. Song, the finest of all our birds ;there are four strains; 1, 0/i twee twee twee clear and high ;2, •Etwter twter tivter lower but pure; 3, ^^Ohpherapheraphera lower in tone, almost pathetic in terminal note, allprolonged; 4, -E die te wete softly given, often almost in awhisper; method of giving song very varied; all of the four Fig. 379.
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