To Synopsis of the Birds 



breast and under the wings; tail short, emarginate ; bill 

 short. 



Hermit Thrush, Turdus solitarius, JVils. Am. Orn. v. p. 95- 

 pi 43. Jig. 2. 



Inhabits all North America in summer : common : resident 

 in the southern states. 



101. Turdus wilsonii, Nob- Tawny-brown; beneath white, 

 with brown spots on the throat; tail short, nearly even, the 

 feathers pointed ; bill short. 



Tawny Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, Wils. Jim. Orn. v. 

 p. 98. pi. 43. fig. 3. 



Inhabits all North America, remaining but a few days in 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey : rather common : breeding' 

 in the north ; wintering in the south. 



22. SYLVIA. 



Motacilla, L. Gm. III. Ficedula, Briss. Sylvia, Scopoli. 

 Lath. Temm. Ranz. Sylvia, Dacnis, (subgenus of Cassicus) 

 Cuv. Sylvia, Mniotilta, Vieill. 



Bill, slender, straight, subulate, higher than wide at base, 

 furnished with bristles ; lower mandible straight : nostrils 

 basal, lateral, oval, half closed by a membrane : tongue 

 cartilaginous : lacerated at tip. Feet slender ; tarsus longer 

 than the middle toe ; inner toe free ; hind toe moderate ; nail; 

 moderate, compressed, incurved, acute ; the posterior shorter 

 than the toe. Wings moderate or short; spurious feather 

 generally short ; first and second primaries, second and third, 

 or third and fourth, longest ; scapulars considerably shorter 

 than the quill feathers. 



Female generally distinguished by a less vivid plumage. 

 Young generally similar to the parents after the first moult. 

 Moult once, some species twice, in the year. 



Sprightly. Inhabit forests : migrate from south to north 

 in spring. Feed on insects which ttyev generally take on the 



