U.S. [? Imitative.] A North American thrush (Turdus fuscescens), also called tawny and Wilson’s thrush.
1845. S. Judd, Margaret, II. i. The place flows with birds,… deep in the forest [are] olive-backs, veeries, oven-birds.
1860. Whittier, My Playmate, xv. There in spring the veeries sing The song of long ago.
1883. Cent. Mag., Sept., 685/1. Our thrushes are all frank, open-mannered birds; but the veery and the hermit build upon the ground.
