Family Turdidce Hermit Thrush 43 



LITERATURE: 



Pepacton. (Art. " Notes by the Way.") BURROUGHS. 



Birdways. (Art. " A Bird of the Morning.") O. T. MILLER. 



A Naturalist's Rambles. (Art. " A Short Study of Birds' Nests.") 



C. C. ABBOTT. 



The Footpath Way. (Art. " Robin Roosts.") BRADFORD TORREY. 

 Summer Robin Roosts. BREWSTER. " The Auk," vol. vii. 



3. HERMIT THRUSH 

 (Turdus aonalascJikce pallasii.) 



Head and back olive brown, passing into reddish brown on the 

 rump, and especially on the tail; throat and forebreast yellow- 

 ish white, thickly marked with large, dark, angular spots ; re- 

 maining under parts light olive on the sides and white in the 

 middle. Beak slender, black; feet brown. Bird considerably 

 larger than a sparrow. Sexes similar, save that the female is a 

 little smaller. 



THIS exquisite bird may be sought in woods, 

 whether swampy or dry, and also along wooded 

 roadsides. It is ordinarily to be found in the 

 neighborhood of Boston only in the last half of 

 April and again in October. In the spring it is 

 found mostly on the ground and in low underbrush ; 

 in the fall it is more upon the trees. 



Breeding takes place in northern New England, 

 in the higher parts of central and western Massa- 

 chusetts, and upon Cape Cod. The nest is almost 

 always placed upon the ground, usually on a sunny, 

 wooded bank in the neighborhood of a swamp. Eggs 

 are laid early in June, and there are often two sets. 



