THRUSHES 



(759b) Hylocichia guttata pal- 



laSI (Cabinas 



HERMIT THRUSH. Plumage as 

 shown; upper parts olive-brown, ex- 

 cept the tail, which is bright rufous, 

 distinctly different from the back; be- 

 low whitish, washed with buff on the 

 sides; sides of throat and breast with 

 blackish spots, more prominent than 

 those of any species except the Wood 

 Thrush. Im. — First plumage with 

 yellow streaks or spots on the upper 

 parts. L., 7.00. Nest — Of moss, 

 grass, and leaves, lined with rootlets; 

 on the ground. 



Range — Breeds in southern Can- 

 ada and south locally to Mass., 

 Conn., N. Y., Ont., Mich., and Minn. 

 Winters in southern U. S. (760) 

 RED-WINGED THRUSH (Turdus 

 musicus), an Old World species, is 

 accidental in Greenland. 



GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES are easily identified 

 when one has the birds in the hand, but in life only experts 

 can distinguish them from OLIVE-BACKED THRUSHES, 

 which are the more common of the two. The former is 

 slightly larger and the sides of the head and eye-ring are 

 grayish- white, while the same regions on the latter species are 

 buffy. Both have uniform olive-brown upper parts, much 

 darker than the Veery, and the breast is rather conspicuously 

 spotted with V-shaped marks. The eggs of both of these 

 species are spotted with rusty-brown, which is quite un- 

 usual since those of nearly all the members of this family 

 are unspotted. The songs of both species, too, are simi- 

 lar, both being similar in character to that of the Veery but 

 lacking the liquid quality and ascending in pitch toward 

 the end. 



HERMIT THRUSHES may be known from any of the 

 foregoing species because, while the top of head, back and 

 wings are uniform olive-brown, the tail is a deep rusty-brown. 



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