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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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racoon causes them much anxiety, and theygenerally follow these animals at a respectful distance, uttering a mournfulcluck, well known to hunters. Although, during winter, these birds arenumerous in Louisiana, they never form themselves into flocks, but go singlyat this period, and only in pairs in the breeding season. They are easilyreared from the nest, and sing nearly as well in confinement as while free.Their song is occasionally heard during the whole winter, particularly whenthe sun reappears after a shower. Their flesh is extremely delicate andjuicy, and many of them are killed with the blow-gun. You here see the dogwood in its autumnal colouring, adorned with itsberries, of which the Wood Thrush is fond. Wood Thrush, Turdus melodus, Wils. Araer. Orn., vol. i. p. 35. TURDDS MUSTELINUS, Bonap. Sill., p. 75. Wood Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 343. Wood Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 372; vol. v. p. 446. :nto2.9 . P1.1/+5 Is m fi&: m
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Oj y^z^^^g^ Trt.n ftoi* T.aU.™ Vy .1J .Wub.mf R.?RS. Lt(>i SlVml.d >.n Em&KOU NewWk TAWNY THRUSH. 27 Upper parts light yellowish-brown, the head and hind neck of a tintapproaching to reddish-orange; the rump and tail-coverts duller and of anolivaceous tint; quills and tail-coverts light olive-brown, the outer webs ofthe coverts and quills like the back; eyes margined with a whitish circle;lower parts white, anteriorly tinged with yellow, the sides and lower part ofthe neck, the fore part of the breast, and the sides of the body marked withlarge roundish or broadly ovato-triangular decided brownish-black spots. Male, 8, 13. TAWNY THRUSH. -Turdus Wilsonii, Bonap.PLATE CXLV.—Male. Wilsons Thrush is never seen or heard in Louisiana during spring, anda few only pass through the lower portions of that State in autumn. Isuppose its migration from the farther south is along the declivities of therange of the Alleghany Mountains, at least for some distance, and it probablytakes p

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