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BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



the external parts, but in the walls twigs of sprace, bits of lichens 

 and dried leaves are mixed with the grass and all are woven into 

 a solid mass, very firm and strong. The lining is formed by a layer 

 of fiue grass interwoven with pieces of a black, vine-like root, all 

 neatly laid ; over these, at the bottom, is a layer of skeleton leaves. 

 The measurements are : Depth, inside, 1| inches ; width at mouth, 

 25 inches ; outbade, the diameter is irregular, varying from i^ to 5 

 inches. Mr. J. W. Banks tells me that of some fifty nests of the 

 OHve- backed Thrush that he has examined all were lined with skele- 

 ton leaves; but Mr. Harold Gilbert found one in 1878 that was 

 lined with moose hair. This nest was built in a garden, in the 

 suburbs of St. John, within twenty feet of the house and but an 

 arm's-length from one of the main walks. The moose hair was 

 furnished by a tame animal kept on the grounds." 



Turdus aonalaschkse pallasii (Cab.) 



HERMIT THRUSH. 

 Popular synonyms.— Eastern Hermit Thrush; Rufous-talled Thrush ; Swamp Robin, 

 or Ground Swamp Robin (New England); Solitary Thrush. 



Turdus soUtarius (not of Linn.) Wils. Am. Orn. v, 1812, 95 (not pi. 4.3, flg. 2, which= 



swatrtsoni).— AuD. Synop. 1839. 91; B. Am. iii, 1841, 29, pi. 146. 

 Merula solitaria Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. ii, 1831, 184, nl. "&" (=3T). 



Turdus minor (not of Gm.) Nutt. Man. 1. 1833, 346. -Aud. Orn. Biog. I. 1832, 303, pi. 58. 

 Turdus pallnsii Caban. Wiegm. Arehiv. 1847, 1. 205.— Baied. B. N. Am. 1858. 212; Cat. N. 

 Am. B. 1859, No. 149; Review, 1864, 14.— CoUES, Key. 1872, 72; Check List, 1873, No. 4; 

 B. N. W. 1S74, 2: B. Col. Val. 1878, 20.— B. B. & U. H St. N. Am. B. 1. 1S74, 18. pi. 1. flg. 6. 

 Turdus aonalascJikce paltasi Rrocw. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. Vol. iii, March 22, 1880, 1. 

 Hylocichla unalascce pallasi Ridgw. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. iii, 1880, 166. Nom. N. Am. B. 



l&Si', No. 56. 

 Turdus unalasccE nanus CoUES, 2d Cheek List, 1882, No. 10. 



Hab. Eastern North America, breeding chiefly north of the United States and win- 

 tering in the more southern States, or from about the parallel of 40" to the Quit coast 

 Represented in western North America by the allied races audaboni (Rocky Mountain 

 district) and aoualaschkcB (Paciflc coast). 



8p. Ch. Second primary shorter than fifth. Tail much more reddish than back. 

 Wing. 3 40-3.90 (3.64): tail, 2.55-3.15 (2.88); culmen, .50-.60 (.51); tarsus, 1.15-1.30 (1.19); middle 

 toe, .65-. 75 (.70).' 



• Extreme and average measurements of 21 adults. The average of 32 adults meas- 

 ured by Mr. Henshaw (<■/. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club) is slishtly different, beintj, wing, 3.61; tail, 

 2.87; culmen, .53; tarsus, 1.15. Though the sexes are not con.stantly dilTirent in dimen- 

 sions, the s is usually a little the smaller, as the following averages of 16 males and 8 

 females will show: 





Wing. 



Tail. 



Culmen. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 





3.71 

 3.57 



3.00 

 2.77 



..55 

 .53 



1.21 

 1.17 



.70 





.70 







