757- Gray-cheeked Thrush — Hylocichla aliciae 

 aliciae. 



Length 7^ inches. 



Upperparts uniform olive, wings and tail 

 similar; eye-ring whitish; sides of throat and 

 breast very faintly tinged with cream-buff (richer 

 in fall); sides brownish gray or brownish ashy; 

 sides of throat with wedge-shaped spots ; breast 

 spotted with black; middle of throat and middle of 

 belly white. 



A migrant, spring and fall; one of the less com- 

 mon thrushes. The closely related sub-species, 

 Bicknell's Thrush, nests in the Adirondacks. 



758a. Olive-backed Thrush — Hylocichla ustu- 

 lata svoainsoni. 



Length y% inches. 



Upperparts uniform olive, wings and tail prac- 

 tically the same; eye-ring and in front of eyes 

 deep cream-buff; entire throat and the breast with 

 a deep tinge of buff; sides of throat with wedge- 

 shaped black spots, breast with rounded black 

 spots; middle of belly white; sides grayish. 



A transient; spring and fall. Resembles the 

 Gray-cheeked and the Bicknell's Thrush, but has 

 the breast more strongly tinged with buffy, and has 

 the buff about the eye-region. 



759b. Hermit Thrush — Hylocichla guttata pal- 

 las i. 



Length 7^ inches. 



Upperparts olive-brown or cinnamon-brown; 

 tail light rufous, distinctly different from the color 

 of the back; sides of throat with wedge-shaped 

 spots ; breast with large rounded spots ; sides gray- 

 ish ; throat and breast slightly buffy; middle of 

 belly white. 



The rufous tail, distinctly brighter than back 

 color, serves fully to identify the Hermit. 



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