. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . Taken »irCirclevili Female is Unusually 1) To Her Hggs. dark brown; bill dark at base, lightening toward tip en culmen ; lower niandilileand feet yellowish brown. Length () ; wing () ;tail () : bill .66 ( 16,8). THE WOOD THRUSH. Recognition Marks.—Chewink size; the largest of the genus; above cin-namon-brown in front, olive-brown behind; below heavily spotted. Nest, of twigs, weed-stalks, leaves, and trash, with a matrix, or inner wall,of m
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . Taken »irCirclevili Female is Unusually 1) To Her Hggs. dark brown; bill dark at base, lightening toward tip en culmen ; lower niandilileand feet yellowish brown. Length () ; wing () ;tail () : bill .66 ( 16,8). THE WOOD THRUSH. Recognition Marks.—Chewink size; the largest of the genus; above cin-namon-brown in front, olive-brown behind; below heavily spotted. Nest, of twigs, weed-stalks, leaves, and trash, with a matrix, or inner wall,of mud, carefully lined with rootlets; usually saddled upon semi-horizontal branchof sapling, five to fifteen feet up. Eggs, 3-5, uniform greenish blue, about. The Depths of the Forest Claim H THE WOOD THRUSH. llfi?rTr/,^° ^ PP averao-ing. a shade lighter. Av. size. x .76General United States to the Plains, north to southern BSr^v° -^Vf^^^ ^°^^ -^^■- t° G^iatemala and Cubabreeds tiom^ V irgmia, Kentucky and Kansas northward. Range in Ohio.—Common summer resident. >».. V ^^^S^m-^^y. fhoto by E. B. lilllia NEST .^ND EGGS OF THE WOOD THE EGOS ARE REALLY MUCH DARKER THAN THPv .„„ , ECAUSE BLUE TAKE ALTIJO all „f r, , , , ■ Tli>-shes are retiring m disposition, the Wood W. • l^:?!^^^^^^-!^ *■ -^ l^-§-- -^e, is the least so. The depths of mdeed. clami hm., but so ton d„ the shaded lawns of village streetsand cty parks. In his wo.,dIand home this Thrush does not flee as tho a pric^- THE WOOD THRUSH. had been set upon his head, but often conies forward—not too close—with apit of inquiry and greeting. The Wood Thrush spends cunsitleralde time on tlie groimd looking forbeetles
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