18 NOIITII AMERICAN lUHDS. 



is comparatively sliallnw, liciiij; larcl}- 2 inches in depth. The external 

 portions are constructed almost entirely of J/i/iniinn mosses, matted to- 

 gether and sparingly interwoven with dry leaves and fine fibrous roots, 

 and are lined witli finer materials of the same kind. Tiiese nests most 

 nearly resemble in their material anil in their position thos' of Swainson's 

 Thru.sh. 



Mr. Hepburn found these birds very abundant about Victoria. It does 

 not usually breed there before tiie last of May, tliough in one exceptional 

 instance he found a nest with young birds on the 24th of that month. 



The eggs vary in size and shape, ranging from .77 to .!)4 in length, and 

 from .().") to .()!) in breadth. They also vary in their ground color and in the 

 tints of the sjwts and markings. The ground color is ligbt green or light 

 blue, and the markings are variously yellowish-brown and lilac, or dark 

 brown and slate. 



Mr. Grayson found this thrush very abundant in the month of January, 

 in the thickest of the woods, in the islands of the Three Marias, on the 

 Pacific coast of Mexico. They were very timid and shy, more so than any 

 bird that he saw on tho.se islands. It freipiently uttered a low plaintive 

 whistle, and seemed solitary in its habits. 



Turdus pallasi, Cabams. 



BUFOUS-TAILEO THBUSH; HEBMIT THBTTSH. 



Tun/iis pnlldsii, ('.\iianis, ■Wicftmimii's Afcliiv, 1847 {i), 205. — lUinn, Binls N. Am. 



1858, 212. — In. l!cv. Am. H. ]8()4, 1 1. — Si'latkii, 1'. Z. S. 18.')!), 325 ??. — In. Catiil. 



18(n, 2, No. 7. — KiiMJWAV. — Mav.naud. — Samtkls, 148. I'ltnliiti .loli/iin'ni, 



Wilson, Amcv. Oin. V, 1.S12, !»."> uiot of IwsN.Er.s). — Sci.ATKn, P. Z. S. ]8r)7, 212. 



Tnrdua minor, 15on. OUs. Wilson, 182.), No. 72. I'uiiIks ijii/lchui, Cahanls, 'IVliudi, 



Fainiii Peruana, 1844, 187 (not Miiscietipa tjiUUita ol' Paixas). 

 Ailililiouiil liguivs : All). Hinls Am. Ill, ])1. c.\lvi. — In. Oiii. liiog. I, jil. Iviii. 



Si'. CitAU. Tiiil .wlifjiitl}' LMiiiirjiiiKitc. Abdvc liglit olivo-brown, with a .^can'cly \m'v- 

 (•(•pliblo .«lia(le of riMlilish, ]>as.-;iiiu:, liowcvcr, into dociilod ruloii.s on the rnnip, ui)pi'i' tail- 

 covi-rts, anil tail, and to a Ics.s dcfrrpc on tlio onter snrl'ado of llio wing.-*. Ui'ncalii wliilo, 

 witli a .<('ai'coly approoiable sliado of palu Imfl' aero,-*.-* the I'oru part of tlio liroa.st, and 

 sonictiMU's on tlio throat; the sides of the throat and tlio lore part of tho hroast with 

 ratliiT .shaiply dcliiUMl snlitrinn<rnlar spots of dark olivo-lnowu ; tho sides of tho hii'ast 

 Willi paler and less distinrt spots of the same. Sides of the body under the winys of a 

 paler shade than the back. A whitisii ring round tlii^ eye; ear-coverts very obsenrely 

 streaked witli paler. Length, 7. ^iO iiiehes ; wing, ;!.SI; tail, .'J.'J'); tarsus, 1.10; No. 2,n!rj. 



Hah. Eastern North .\iiieiiea. Me.\i(;o? Not lound in Cuba, //(/c Gl'xnLAcii. 



In Spring the olive aliove is very much thtit of eastern .specimens of 

 .siraut,so)ii ; in winter s])ecimens it is much browner, tiiid almost as much 

 so as in fiisccinriis. Young birds have the feathers of the hisad, back, and 

 wing coverts strciiked centrally with drop-slniped s])ots of rusty yellowish 



]lAliir.s. I'ntil ipiite recently the "Ciround Swamp liobin," or Hermit 



