. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. OF NEW ENGLAND. The subfamilies of the thrushes are: TUEDiN^, Genus Turdus, I. (Highly musical). Subgenus Hylocichla (A-E.^ fig. 1). (Moderately musical). Subgenus PlanesUcus (F). MiMiN-i;, Genera II and III. I. TURDUS (A) MusTELiNDS. Wood TJirush. " Song ; (A common summer-resident in Massachusetts.) 29. Pig. 1. Wood Thrush (J). (a). About eight inches long. Above, soft but bright red- dish-brown (or " tawny "), gradually becoming so
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. OF NEW ENGLAND. The subfamilies of the thrushes are: TUEDiN^, Genus Turdus, I. (Highly musical). Subgenus Hylocichla (A-E.^ fig. 1). (Moderately musical). Subgenus PlanesUcus (F). MiMiN-i;, Genera II and III. I. TURDUS (A) MusTELiNDS. Wood TJirush. " Song ; (A common summer-resident in Massachusetts.) 29. Pig. 1. Wood Thrush (J). (a). About eight inches long. Above, soft but bright red- dish-brown (or " tawny "), gradually becoming soft" olive-dusky" on the rump, tail, mid end of the wings. Beneath, white, with a very slight buff tinge upon the breast; spotted on the breast and sides with dark brown (or "dusky"). (6). The nest sometimes closely resembles that of the Eobin, but it is often composed outwardly of moss and even twigs, though subject to considerable variation in composition and structure. It is built, never very far from the ground, in a bush or tree, in the woods (especially those of low growth),- and often in a swampy place. The eggs of each set are four 2 The wood thrushes. The robins (F) are well-known; (G)'haB been separated fi-om them, and placed in subgenus Se^ 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 Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890. Salem, Mass. : Naturalist's Agency
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