. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BROWN THRASHER. BROWN THRUSH. Harporhynchus RUFUS. Char. Above, bright reddish brown or rufous ; beneath, white, tinged with rufous or buff; breast and side spotted with brown; bi)l about as long as the head. Length io% to 12 inches. Nest. In a thicket or low bush, and sometimes on the ground; bulky, and loosely constructed of twigs, roots, and dried grass, sometimes lined with horse-hair or feathers. Eggs. 3-6 (usually 4); dull white with buff or green tint, marked with minute spo
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BROWN THRASHER. BROWN THRUSH. Harporhynchus RUFUS. Char. Above, bright reddish brown or rufous ; beneath, white, tinged with rufous or buff; breast and side spotted with brown; bi)l about as long as the head. Length io% to 12 inches. Nest. In a thicket or low bush, and sometimes on the ground; bulky, and loosely constructed of twigs, roots, and dried grass, sometimes lined with horse-hair or feathers. Eggs. 3-6 (usually 4); dull white with buff or green tint, marked with minute spots of reddish brown; X This large and well-known songster, inferior to none but the Mocking Bird in musical talent, is found in every part of this continent, from Hudson's Bay to the shores of the Mexican Gulf, breeding in all the intermediate space, though more abundantly towards the North. It retires to the South early in October, in the States north of the Carolinas, and probably ex- tends its migrations at this season through the warmer regions towards the borders of the tropics. From the 15 th of April to early in May these birds begin to revisit the Middle and Northern States, keeping pace in some measure with the progress of vegetation and the comparative. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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