. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 66 KEY AND BESCRIPTION. Brown Thrasher, 3. Brown Thrasher (706. Harporhynchus riifus). — A common, large, long-tailed, brown-backed bird, with the white under parts heavily spotted or streaked with dark-brown, except on the throat and middle of the belly. The wings, tail, and crown have the same rufous color as the back. It is an inhabit- ant of the ground or the lower growths along fences and the borders of the woods. It is a rich, sweet singer of its own notes,
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 66 KEY AND BESCRIPTION. Brown Thrasher, 3. Brown Thrasher (706. Harporhynchus riifus). — A common, large, long-tailed, brown-backed bird, with the white under parts heavily spotted or streaked with dark-brown, except on the throat and middle of the belly. The wings, tail, and crown have the same rufous color as the back. It is an inhabit- ant of the ground or the lower growths along fences and the borders of the woods. It is a rich, sweet singer of its own notes, but not a mocker of the notes of other birds. When singing it usually perches on a twig in a prominent position as though it wished all to know how melodious a vocalist it is. (Brown Thrush.) Length, llj; wing, 4^ (4-4J) ; tail, 5[; tarsus, If ; culmen, 1. East- ern United States, west to the Rooky Mountains, north to Ontario; breeding throughout and wintering north as far as Virginia. Besides this species and the Curve-bill Thrasher given in the Key, there can be found in Texas Sennett's Thrasher (706. Harpo- rhynchus longirdstris sen- netti), a bird much like the brown thrasher, but with a darker-brown ^'^i^^^^^BS^KK^ Z back, blacker spots on the lower parts, and a longer (1J-1|^) and some- what decurved bill. 4. Carolina Wren (718. Tfirydthorus Iti- dovicicinus). — A ner- vous, scolding wren, distinctly barred,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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