Bulletin - United States National Museum . econd Edition, Revised to Date,and entirely Rewritten, under Direction of the Author, with a Dictionary of theEtymology, Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names, the Concordance ofprevious Lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications. Boston. Estesand Lauriat. 1882. 1 vol., imp. 8vo, pp. 1G5. Bull. Nat, Mus. No. 26 3 34 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. November, and found in all localities. Many individuals nest in theparks in the city, as those about the White House and the Smithson-ian Institution. In the fall, the berries of the sour gum
Bulletin - United States National Museum . econd Edition, Revised to Date,and entirely Rewritten, under Direction of the Author, with a Dictionary of theEtymology, Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names, the Concordance ofprevious Lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications. Boston. Estesand Lauriat. 1882. 1 vol., imp. 8vo, pp. 1G5. Bull. Nat, Mus. No. 26 3 34 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. November, and found in all localities. Many individuals nest in theparks in the city, as those about the White House and the Smithson-ian Institution. In the fall, the berries of the sour gum (Nyssa multi-flora) and poke (Phytolacca decandra) are their favorite food. Two orthree broods are reared each season. The nest, constructed largely ofmud, is placed usually upon the bough of a tree; the eggs are 4-Ginnumber, uniform greenish-blue. [1] 2.(1:-.) Turdus mustelinus Gm. Wood Ttiuusii ; Wood Robin. A summer resident. Many breed here, but the greater number gofarther north. Arrives last week in April; leaves last week in Octo-. Fiu. 2.—Uuad of Wood Thrush. D;it. size. ber. It is a shy and retiring species, frequenting thick woods andtangled undergrowth, sueh as the laurel brakes along Hock Creek andelsewhere. The nest, placed in a bush or sapling, differs from thai, ofthe Robin in having no mud in its composition; the eggs are similar,but smaller. [0] 3. (45.) Turdus ixxscescensSUph. Tawny Thkush; Wilsons Thrush. A spring and autumn visitant; rather uncommon, being the rarest ofthe Thrushes. It does not ordinarily arrive until the first week in May ;itrenminsbut a short time, and returns early in thefall. While with us it isa shy aud solitary species, frequenting high open woods, but keeping-near the ground. [7] 4. (44.) Turdus unalascas nanus {Ami.) Coues. (T. pallasi of the original edition.) Eastern Hermit Thrush. A spring and autumn visitant; does not breed here. It arrives muchthe earliest of all the Trashes, usually the third week in March; imme-diately beco
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