This section is from the book "Bird Guide: Water Birds, Game Birds And Birds Of Prey East Of The Rockies", by Chester A. Reed. Also available from Amazon: The Bird Book.
758a. Hylocichla ustulata swainsonii. 7 1/4 inches.
Upper parts wholly 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 x .65).
Range. - Eastern N. A., breeding from northern U. S. to New Brunswick and Manitoba.

 
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