wood thrush

a large thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, common in woodlands of eastern North America, and noted for its melodious song.

Origin of wood thrush

First recorded in 1785–95

Those who have heard only the Wood-Thrush commit a very pardonable error in placing him first on the list of our songsters.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 |Various
With the wood-thrush, the encounters differed from both the preceding.

In Nesting Time |Olive Thorne Miller
The wood-thrush and the hermit stand at the head as songsters, no two persons, perhaps, agreeing as to which is the superior.

Wake-Robin |John Burroughs
And the note of the wood-thrush, as I slowly mounted the path, struck reproachfully and rebukingly upon the ear of my conscience.

Daisy |Elizabeth Wetherell

A wood-thrush flitted from a ravine as she and Bub went back down the creek—and she stopped with uplifted face to listen.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine |John Fox, Jr.