wood thrush

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A large thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) of wooded areas of North and Central America, having a reddish-brown head and a spotted cream-colored breast and noted for its complex song.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The mistle-thrnsh.
• noun In the United States, Turdus (Hylocichla) mustelinus, a beautiful thrush of a russet hue above, passing into olivaceous on the rump and tail, the under parts pure white or faintly tinged with buff on the breast, with a profusion of arrow-headed blackish spots.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun large thrush common in eastern American woodlands; noted for its melodious song