United States
As a rule, they inhabit wooded regions, are migratory, and gregarious or sociable to a greater or less extent during their migrations and in winter. As songsters they are inferior to some of our birds in power of execution, but their voices are possessed of greater sweetness and expression, and they are conceded first rank among song-birds by all true lovers of bird music.
WOOD THRUSH.
WILSON'S THRUSH.
THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Tail blue; back blue or bluish B. Tail black or blackish, tipped with white C. Tail white, tipped with black.
D. Tail olive-brown or rufous, without white spots. 766. BLUEBIRD. 761. ROBIN. 765. WHEATEAR. a. Upper parts cinnamon-brown; tail not brighter than the back. a¹. Entire under parts, including sides, more or less heavily marked with round, black spots; back brighter than tail 755. WOOD THRUSH. a2. Throat and upper breast pale buffy, with small, cinnamon-brown, wedge-shaped spots; belly pure white; sides with a barely perceptible grayish wash 756. WILSON'S THRUSH. b. Upper parts olive; back and tail nearly the same color.. 61. Throat, breast, cheeks, eye-ring, and lores deep cream-buff. • 758a. OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH. 62. Throat, breast, cheeks, eye, and space before the eye white, with only a very slight buffy tinge. 757. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. 757a. BICKNELL'S THRUSH. c. Upper parts olive-brown, sometimes inclining to cinnamon; upper tailcoverts and tail rufous 7596. HERMIT THRUSH. 755. Turdus mustelinus Gmel. WOOD THRUSH. Ad.-Upper parts bright cinnamon-brown, brightest on the head, and changing gradually to pale olive-brown on the upper tail-coverts and tail; under parts white, thickly marked with large, round black spots except on the throat and middle of the belly. L., 8-29; W., 4·44; T., 2.92; Β., 65.