. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Q6 KEV AND DESCRIPTION. Brown Thrasher. 3. Brown Thrasher (705. Harporhynchus rhfus). — A common,large, long-tailed, brown-backed bird, with the white underparts heavily spotted or streaked with dark-brown, except onthe throat and middle of the belly. The wings, tail, and crown have the same rufous coloras the back. It is an inhabit-ant of the ground or thelower growths along fencesand the borders of the is a rich, sweet singerof its own notes, but not amocker
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Q6 KEV AND DESCRIPTION. Brown Thrasher. 3. Brown Thrasher (705. Harporhynchus rhfus). — A common,large, long-tailed, brown-backed bird, with the white underparts heavily spotted or streaked with dark-brown, except onthe throat and middle of the belly. The wings, tail, and crown have the same rufous coloras the back. It is an inhabit-ant of the ground or thelower growths along fencesand the borders of the is a rich, sweet singerof its own notes, but not amocker of the notes of otherbirds. ^Vhen singing itusually perches on a twig ina prominent position as though it wished all to know howmelodious a vocalist it is. (Brown Thrush.) Length, \l\; wiiifr, 4\ (4-4i) ; tail, 5J ; tarsus, 1^ ; culmeii. 1. East-ern United States, west to the Rocky Mountains, nortli to Ontario;breeding throughout and wintering north as far as Virginia. Besidesthis species and the Curve-bill Thrasher given in the Key, there can befound in Texas SennettsThrasher (7U<i. Ilarjn)-rhyHclitishnu/irostrissfn-netti), a bird much l
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