240 THE DWARF HERMIT THE%SH. 



"I'lir tlitrc I ])icki-(l up on tlie heallier, 

 Aiul tlierc I ])ut inside my breast. 

 A moulted featlier, ail eagle featlierl 

 Well, I forget the rest." . 



No. <>7. 

 DWARI IlKRMir rilRLSIl. 



A. O. l^. X<). 7591'. M> iDciihla >;iittata nana (.\u<l.). 



Synonyms. — I'acii-ic IIkrmit Tiirism. Sitkan DwARr TiiRisii (Ridg- 

 way ) . 



Description. — "Similar to H. y. t/ullata but coloration darker and browner, 

 the color of back. etc.. more sepia brown. u|)per tail-coverts more russet, tail 

 more chestnut, and spots on chest larger and darker" (Ridgway). Adult male: 

 wing 3.42 (8r>.8) ; tail 2.58 (65.5) ; bill .48 (12.2) ; tarsus 1.13 (28.8). 



Recognition Marks. — As in H. (/utlata. 



Nesting. — As in //. </. scqiioiciisis. 



General Range.— Pacific coast district, breeding from western Oregon ("pre- 

 sumably ) iKirtb to Cross Sound, Alaska; south in winter to Southwestern States. 



Range in Washington. — Probably common but little known, during migra- 

 tions. Presumably resident in sunuiier west of the Cascades. 



Authorities. — ? Turdus nanus .\udulK)n. Orn. I'.iog. \'. \^y). 201 (Columbia 

 R.) :- Town send. Journ. .\c. Xat. Sci. Phila. \'I1I. 18^9. 11;^ (Col. R. ) Belding, 

 L. P.. I'. I). i8<;o. p. 254 (Walla Walla. ]. W. Williams. 1885). 



Specimens. — U. of W. Prov. !•*. 



A? one i)asses thru the woods in middle .\pril while the vine niajiles are 

 still leafless, and the forest floor is not yet fully recovered from the brownness 

 of the rainy season, a moving shape, a little browner still, but scarcely outlined 

 in the uncertain light, starts up from the ground with a low chuck, and pauses 

 for a moment on a mossy log. Before you have made out definite character.s. 

 the bird flits to a branch a little higher up and more removed, to stand motion- 

 less for a minute or so. or else to chuckle softly with each twinkle of the ready 

 wings. By following ([uietly one may put the bird to a dozen short flights 

 without once driving it out of range; and in so doing he may learn that the 

 tail is abruptly rufous in contrast with the olive-brown of the back, and that 

 the breast is more boldly and <listinctly s|>otted than is the case with the 

 Russet-backed Thrush. 



This bird will not tarry with us. imless it may choose to li.umt the .soli- 

 tudes of the Olympics. In the vicinity of Sitka, however. Mr. J. Oinnell re- 



