440 NOTES ON THE 
Dr. Hvoslef, Mr. Washburn, and Mr. Lewis, each cor- 
roborate my former estimate of its distribution as being less 
frequently seen in the northern portions of the State, which is 
further negatively endorsed by its notable absence from Mr. 
Grant’s northeastern list. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Third quill longest; second and fourth but little shorter, and 
much longer than the fifth, (0.35). Upper parts uniform 
olivaceous with a decided shade of green. Fore parts of 
breast, throat and chin, pale brownish-yellow; rest of lower 
parts white; sides washed with brownish olive. Sides of 
throat and fore part of breast with subrounded spots of well 
defined brown, darker than the back; rest of breast, except 
medially, with rather less distinct spots that are more oliva- 
cious. Tibiz yellowish-brown; broad ring around the eye; 
loral region, and a general tinge on the side of the head, clear 
reddish-buff. : 
Length, 7.00; wing, 4.15; tail, 3.10; tarsus, 1.10. 
Habitat, eastern North America, westward to Columbia. 
TURDUS AONALASCHKE PALLASII (Cazpanis). (7590.) 
HERMIT THRUSH. 
The plumage of the Hermit Thrush in spring has long con- 
founded it with Swainson’s, or perhaps better, Swainson’s with 
the Hermit, but their feeding habits, as well as the song, 
separate them widely as species. While the former is mostly 
confined to the branches of the trees for its food, the latter 
feeds almost exclusively on the ground. The notes of the 
former are more prolonged, regular, and ascend more gradu- 
ally, while the latter beginning low, rises rapidly into its 
highest tinkling melodies, and terminates the strain abruptly. 
A number of the Hermits may often be found within a short 
distance of each other, but still not together when feeding. 
Silently they search amongst the half-decayed leaves in the 
thickets bordering swampy, partially overflowed tracts, not 
infrequently venturing into the open fields where larve and 
insects abound, with little of the shyness of the Olive-backed 
Thrush. 
My earliest personal observation of the time of its arrival in 
the vicinity of where I reside was April 5, 1875. This is a 
little earlier than any which has been reported tome. Other 
observers corroborate my own records in making the general 
date from the 15th to the 20th of April. It seldom sings im- 
mediately after its arrival, but in due time those which remain 
