Plate LXXIII. Male and Female.
Upper parts light yellowish-brown, the head and hind neck of a tint
approaching to reddish-orange; the rump and tail-coverts duller and of
an olivaceous tint; quills and tail-coverts light olive-brown, the
outer webs of the coverts and quills like the back; eyes margined with
a whitish circle; lower parts white, anteriorly tinged with yellow,
the sides and lower part of the neck, the fore part of the breast, and
the sides of the body marked with large roundish or broadly
ovato-triangular decided brownish-black spots.
_Male_, 8, 13.
From Texas to Nova Scotia, and throughout the interior. Many spend the
winter in Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. Abundant.
Wood Thrush, Turdus melodus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 35.
Turdus mustelinus, Bonap. Syn. p. 75.
Wood Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 343.
Wood Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 372;
v. v. p. 446.