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and the markings, which consist of small, sharply-defined dots of a 

 deeper violet brown (violettbraun) are extremely scattered. 



In shape the eggs are moderately rounded, their length being 

 86 in. (22 mm.), and their largest diameter, '67 in. (17 mm.). 

 Their shells are much less glossy than those of the eggs of most 

 other species of Thrush. 



70. Hermit Thrush [EINSAME DROSSBL]. 

 TURDUS PALLASI, Cabanis. 



Turdus solitarius. Naumann, xiii. 275, pi. 355, figs, i and 2. 



Hermit Thrush. Richardson and Swainson, Faun. Bor. Amer., p. 184, pi. 35. 



Merle solitaire. Schlegel, Krit. Uebers. d. Vogel Europas, pp. xi. and 70. 



Turdus pallasi. Seebohm, Cat. of Birds of Brit. Mus., v. 190. 



An example of this small American Thrush was caught here 

 in October 1836, eleven years after Naumann had obtained 

 one near his residence. Reymers, who, a few years after its 

 capture here, reported the fact to me, was unable in spite of all 

 efforts to obtain the bird from its captor, otherwise it would pro- 

 bably, like T. lividus, have come into my collection afterwards. 

 Reymers described the bird to me as a very vividly-coloured 

 miniature Song Thrush, with a tail of similar colour to that of the 

 nightingale. Very soon afterwards, however, he saw at Brandt's, in 

 Hamburg, some American skins of this species, and in this way 

 learned the name of this rare visitor. 



According to Professor Giglioli, a specimen of this species 

 caught in Italy is contained in a private collection in that 

 country. 



This small Thrush breeds in North America up to 60 N. lat. 



71. Wilson's Thrush [KLEINE DKOSSEL]. 

 TURDUS FUSCESCENS, Stephens. 



Turdus Wilsoni. Naumann, xiii. 275, pi. 355, fig. 3. 



Little Tawny Thrush. Richardson and Swainson, Faun. Bor. Amer., p. 179, pi. 36. 



Turdus fuscescens. Seebohm, Cat. of Birds of Brit. Mus., v. 203. 



In regard to this small Thrush, also, Reymers is my only 

 authority as to its occurrence on the island. He told me that 

 Brandt had determined it as T. minor. Its under parts were 

 almost devoid of spots. The neck and upper breast only were 

 marked by a few of the spots characteristic of the Thrush species, 



