. Birds & nature. Birds; Natural history. THE WOOD THRUSH. "With what a clear And ravishing sweetness sang the plaintive Thrush ; I love to hear his delicate rich voice, ChantiiiCT through all the gloomy day, when loud Amid the trees is dropping the big rain, And gray mists wrap the hill ; fora5'e the sweeter His song is when the dav is sad and ;. O many common names has the Wood Thrush that he would seem to be quite well known to every one. Some call him the Bell Thrush, others Bell Bird, others again Wood Robin, and the French Canadians, who love his delicious song-, Greve
. Birds & nature. Birds; Natural history. THE WOOD THRUSH. "With what a clear And ravishing sweetness sang the plaintive Thrush ; I love to hear his delicate rich voice, ChantiiiCT through all the gloomy day, when loud Amid the trees is dropping the big rain, And gray mists wrap the hill ; fora5'e the sweeter His song is when the dav is sad and ;. O many common names has the Wood Thrush that he would seem to be quite well known to every one. Some call him the Bell Thrush, others Bell Bird, others again Wood Robin, and the French Canadians, who love his delicious song-, Greve des Bois and Merle Taune. In spite of all this, however, and although a common species through- out the temperate portions of eastern North America, the Wood Thrush can hardly be said to be a well-known bird in the same sense as the Robin, the Cat-bird, or other more familiar species ; " but to every inhabitant of rural districts his song, at least, is known, since it is of such a character that no one with the slightest appre- ciation of harmony can fail to be impressed by ; Some writers maintain that the Wood Thrush has a song of a richer and more melodious tone than that of any other American bird; and that, did it possess continuity, would be incomparable. Damp woodlands and shaded dells are favorite haunts of this Thrush, but on some occasions he will take up his residence in parks within large cities. He is not a shy bird, yet it is not often that he ventures far from the wild wood of his preference. The nest is commonly built upon a horizontal branch of a low tree, from six to ten—rarely much more—feet from the ground, The eggs are from three to five in number, of a imiform greenish color; thus, like the nest, resembling those of the Robin, except that thev are smaller. In spite of the fact that his name indicates his preference for the woods, we have seen this Thrush, in parks and gardens, his brown back and spotted breast making him unmistakable as he
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