_Hylocichla mustelina. Case 6, Fig. 74_
Head brighter than tail; underparts _white_,
heavily spotted with large, round black dots.
Largest of our Thrushes. L. 8-1/4.
_Range._ Nests from Florida and Texas north to
central Minnesota and southern New Hampshire;
winters in the tropics.
Washington, common S.R., Apl. 10-Oct. 10.
Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 30-Oct. 2. Cambridge,
locally common S.R., May 10-Sept. 15. N. Ohio,
common S.R., Apl. 20-Oct. 1. Glen Ellyn, fairly
common S.R., Apl. 30-Sept. 29 SE. Minn., common
S.R., May 1-Sept. 19.
Most familiar of our Thrushes. From late April to early August his
bell-like notes are heard, not only in the forest, but in wood-bordered
village streets and from the shade trees of our lawns. His sharp,
pebbly, _pit-pit_, is prominent in the chorus of protesting notes which
greet the Screech Owl should he leave his retreat before diurnal birds
have gone to bed.
The nest is usually built in small trees about 8 feet from the ground.
The 3-5 greenish blue eggs are laid in May. There is a second brood in
June.