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the nest, not because it is essentially different from my own, 
but to confirm my own observation, and to help clear up 
the confusion that exists in many districts concerning the 
identity of the thrushes. It is as follows : — 
“The favorite haunts of the Wood Thrush are low, thick-shaded 
hollows, through which a small brook or rill meanders, overhung 
with cedar-bushes that are mantled with wild vines. Near such a 
scene, he generally builds his nest in a laurel or alder bush. Out- 
wardly, it is composed of withered beech-leaves of the preceding 
year, laid at bottom in considerable quantities, no doubt to prevent 
damp and moisture from ascending through, being generally built 
in low, wet situations: above these are layers of knotty stalks or 
withered grass, mixed with mud, and smoothly plastered, above 
which is laid a slight lining of fine black fibrous roots of plants.” 
The eggs are usually four in number; they are of a uni- 
form light-blue color, without spots, and with a very slight 
tint of green; their form is rather long and pointed. The 
following are the dimensions of a nest complement of four 
eggs, found in Milton, Mass.: 1.12 by .68 inch, 1.12 by .69 
inch, 1.07 by 70 inch, 1 by .73 inch. But one brood is 
usually reared in the season in New England. 
TURDUS PALLASII. — Cabanis. 
The Hermit Thrush. 
Turdus pallasii, Cabanis. Wieggman’s Archiv. (1847), I. 205. 
Turdus solitarius, Wilson. Am. Orn., V. (1812) 95 (not of Linneus. The figure 
quoted pl. xliii. fig. 2, belongs to 7. Swainsonii). Aud. Syn. (1839). ., Birds 
Am., III. (1841) 29, pl. 146. 
Turdus minor, Bonaparte. Obs. Wilson (1825), No. 72. J0., Syn. (1828), 75. 
Nutt. Man., I. (1830) 346. Aud. Orn. Biog., I. (1831) 308; V. 445, pl. 58. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Fourth quill longest; third and fourth a little shorter; second about equal to the 
sixth (about a thirtieth of an inch shorter than the longest); tail slightly emargi- 
nate; above light olive-brown, with a scarcely perceptible shade of reddish, passing, 
however, into decided rufous on the rump, upper tail coverts, and tail, and to a less 
degree on the outer surface of the wings; beneath white, with a scarcely appreciable 
shade of pale-buff across the fore part of the breast, and sometimes on the throat; 
the sides of the throat and the fore part of the breast with rather sharply defined 
