The Hermit Tkruxhe> 
tail ; a >'.r . v. ?:i* i :■ a* ring; sides of head mil ayish brown and dull 
whi’bsh; niiil part •:)•)!' " -ar only on belly: sk‘t : e! •.! mat, -md breast, tinged 
ile ide tnd flanks washed with pale grayish brown; throat, in 
confluent chnit ■ . -n i • •••. . < «h- - .at, chest, and t>! • •: • breast , spotted with dusky or 
sootv, the s|/< » ' on . ■ I-. c-.-.hoped on lower :hr .t■ !>roadening and deepening 
on chest . ndi::-.' ■ 1 on breast, oil d ••••own, paling on mandible 
basal! \ f , ■ ar. 1 ■ i . Pi- dark urown.- li ; .-•,; >metis are brighter and more 
strong!) color; d Ynung birds are a bed with huffy above, and the 
spot:ii:}; . ! or <<.•}<>: - • h Te - to bars on breast and dd<-s. Length 160-188 (6.30- 
7.4.:; ! st.. . • • 1.46); fail 64 (2. 52 ■ I-i ■ ; t2.7 (.50); tarsus 29 (1.14). 
He- :: b::i ks. -. 'ow size: ci•::. oil.■■•• oi taii and upper coverts con- 
b du!U>* l" own of remain mg upperparts. Larger, paler, and 
1880, 
i, I ood) 
Univ. 
.1 . i>rved in California. ,\,\i and Eggs as in li. g. svqtwiensis. 
:• ■■ilata .—"Northern N rth America and mountains of 
• t •,•, i: cr southern United States, Cuba, and Mexico, to table- 
. O. U. Com.). 
••Western North America. Breeds in Alaska, chiefly iu 
■ . u ihe south-central portion south to Kadiak Island and 
... sou'h to Lower California and Mexico, and occurs during 
\cr.;\da and New Mexico. 
Un««s«»n r u California. - A common winter resident |Tactically throughout 
i !■: most com moil in the San Diegan district. 
Dwarf Hermit Thrush 
About 4/7 life size 
From a •waler-color painting by Major Allan Brooki 
A. Chronicle. Ocr., 1021. i>. .to 2 (manner oi .-t eking food). 
No. 148 a Dwarf Hermit Thrush 
A. O. U. No. 750c. Hylocichla guttata nanus (Audubon). 
Synonyms. —Pacific Hermit Tuiu'SH. Sitkan Dwarf Thrush (Ridgway). 
Description. —"Similar to H. g. guttata, but coloration darker and browner, the 
color of back. 1. o . more sepia brown, upper tail-coverts more russet, tail more chestnut, 
and sp ts on chest larger and darker" (Ridgway), Adult male: wing 86.8 (3.42)4 
iail • 5.5 '2.11.8): bill 12.2 (.48); tarsus 28.8 (1.13). 
Recognition Marks.—As in II. gv.Hata. 
Nesting.—As in II. g. seqttoimsis. 
Range of II. g. nanus .—Pacific Coast district. Breeds in Canadian and Tram 
.(ion zviH-s from Cross Sound, Alaska, south to southern British Columbia. Winters 
■nirh t<> California. Arizona, and New Mexico. 
Distribution in California.—Common winter resident throughout the humid 
yc.isi.d strip. l.wfwdiy defined. Diminishes in numbers south of Santa Barbara. 
KecoCed at Palm springs Grinnell). 
! . u i horii k-s Cnrinc . m, :•.:.' Pro''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. vol. i., 
liy t j. 2f>2, pa 1 li. i no < b . !’ub. Zoo!., m. 1 . v., 1909. p. 240 (s. e. Alaska; 
dt-'C. c.e»‘ and egg;': ibid.. Pac. v , V.Ununa, no. ft, >913. p. 170 (occurrence in 
('alif.; cri . 
