Olive-Backed Thrush
758a. Hylocichla ustulata swainsonii. 7¼ inches
Upper parts woolly olive gray, with no brownish tinge; eye ring, sides of head and breast distinctly buff; breast spotted with blackish.
Song.—Quite similar to that of the Veery.
Nest.—Composed of leaves, grass and strips of bark, located in bushes or small trees near the ground; the four eggs are greenish blue spotted with reddish brown (.90 ×.65).
Range.—Eastern N. A., breeding from northern U. S. to New Brunswick and Manitoba.