72 TURDIDZ THRUSHES.—GEN. 1. 
eyelids and tips of outer tail-feathers with white spots, bill brown or yellow, 
feet dark. Very young birds are spotted aboye. 9-10 long, wing 5-53, 
tail 4-44. N. Am. Nest in trees and bushes; eggs plain. WIzs., i, 35, 
pl. 2; Aup., iii, 14 pl., 142; Norr., i, 338; Bp., 218. . MIGRATORIUS. 
Var. confinis, described from Cape St. Lucas, is paler, duller, &c. Bop., Rey. 29. 
** Banded crosswise, not spotted, below. (Subgenus Hesperocichla.) 
Varied Thrush. Slate-color, below orange-brown, with black pectoral 
band which runs up on sides of neck and head ; crissum and under tail coverts 
whitish ; eyelids, postocular stripe, 2 wing-bars and much edging of quills, 
orange-brown ; bill dark, feet pale; ? and young, duller, browner, pectoral 
bar obscure, ete. Size of the last. Pacific slopes, N. Am.: accidental in 
Mass., N. J. and Long Island. Avp., iii, 
22, pl. 143; Bp., 219: » 5 = NasvIUS: 
*** Spotted, not banded, below. (Sub- 
genus LHylocichia.) 
+ Upper parts not uniform in color.* 
t{Upper parts tawny, shading into olive 
on rump. 
Wood Thrush. Under parts white, 
barely or not buff-tinted, marked with 
large distinct dusky spots, middle of throat and belly only immaculate ; bill 
dusky and yellowish; legs flesh-color; 7-8 long; wing 4-44, tail 3-34. 
Eastern United States. Nest in bushes and low trees; eggs plain. Wus., 
i, 35, pl. 2; Nurr., i, 343; Avup., iii, 24, pl. 144; Bp., 212. musTexius. 
Fic. 14. Wood Thrush; natural size. 
ti Upper parts olive, shading into rufous on rump and tail. 
Hermit Thrush. Under parts white, with slight buffy tint anteriorly 
and olive shade on sides, breast and sides of throat thickly marked with 
large distinct dusky spots; bill dusky and yellowish; legs pale. About 7 
long; wing 34, tail 23. Eastern (and Arctic) North America. Nest in 
bushes; eggs plain. Wius., v, 95, but not his fig. 2 of pl. 45; Nurv., i, 
346; Aupasgige29; pl. 1465 Bp. 212. 2 se. 6. ee 2 eae 
Var. auduboni, is entirely similar in color, but rather larger. South-west- 
ern United States into Mexico. Bp., Rev. 16. 
Var. nanus, is entirely similar in color, but rather smaller. Rocky Mountains 
to Pacific. Aup., iii, 32, pl. 147; Bp., 223; Rev. 16; Coor., 4. 
+7 Upper parts uniform in color.* 
—- Upper parts olive. 
Olive-backed Thrush. Under parts white, olive-shaded on sides, the fore 
parts and sides of head and eyelids strongly tinged with buff, the breast 
and throat thickly marked with large dusky-olive spots. 63-73 long; wing 
* Very young birds of all the species of Hylocichla are spotted above; but these spots disappear the first 
autumn, and then the ground color is always as stated. 
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