. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . nished song is quite as remarkable as the ordinaryperformance of his large prototype, but is possessed of so little volumeas to be inaudible unless one is quite near the singer. His character-istic call-note—a rather sudden ti7ig, like the twang of a banjo string—can be heard at a greater distance. Family. TuRDiD^. Thrushes, Bluebirds, etc. The three hundred species included in this large family are placedby systematists in several subfamilies. About one hundred and fiftyare true Thrushes belonging in the subfamily TurdincB. These aredistributed t
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . nished song is quite as remarkable as the ordinaryperformance of his large prototype, but is possessed of so little volumeas to be inaudible unless one is quite near the singer. His character-istic call-note—a rather sudden ti7ig, like the twang of a banjo string—can be heard at a greater distance. Family. TuRDiD^. Thrushes, Bluebirds, etc. The three hundred species included in this large family are placedby systematists in several subfamilies. About one hundred and fiftyare true Thrushes belonging in the subfamily TurdincB. These aredistributed throughout the world, some twelve species inhabiting theUnited States. As a rule, they inhabit wooded regions, are migratory,and gregarious or sociable to a greater or less extent during their mi-grations and in winter. As songsters they are inferior to some of our birds in power ofexecution, but their voices are possessed of greater sweetness andexpression, and they are conceded first rank among song-birds by alltrue lovers of bird Wood Thrush. THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 395 KEY TO THE SPECIES. A. Tail blue; back blue or bluish 766. Bluebird. B. Tail black or blackish, tipped with white ........ 761. Kobin. O. Tail white, tipped with black 765. Wheateak. D. Tail olive-brown or rufous, without white spots. a. Upper parts cinnamon-brown; tail not brighter than the back. a^. Entire under parts, including sides, more or less heavily marked with round, black spots; back hrigMer than tail . 755. Wood Thrush. a2. Throat and upper breast pale butfy, with small, cinnamon-brown, wedge-shaped spots ; belly pure white; sides with a barely perceptible grayish wash 756. Wilsons Thrush. h. Upper parts olive; back and tail nearly the same color. b^. Throat, breast, cheeks, eye-ring, and lores deep cream-butf. 758a. Olive-backed Throat, breast, cheeks, eye, and space before the eye white, with onlya very slight buffy tinge. 757. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 757a. Bi
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