The Hermit Thrushes 
I know of no more fitting spot for the hymning of the Hermit Thrush 
than that provided by' one of our stately primeval forests with their 
dim aisles and lofty pillars. 
No. 148c Sierra Hermit Thrush 
A. 0 . U. No. 759e. Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis (Belding). 
Synonyms.— Western Hermit Thrush. Cascade Hermit Thrush. Moun¬ 
tain Hermit. 
Description. —Similar to II. g. guttata, but slightly larger and much paler and 
grayer. Similar to II. g. slevini, but decidedly larger and very slightly paler. Young 
birds are streaked with paler buffy above, and are very slightly washed with buffy 
below—a striking antithesis to the young of II. g. nanus, which are heavily tinged with 
ochraceous buffy below. Length adult (skins): 158 (6.22); wing, male, 92.8 (3.65); 
female, 90.1 (3.54): tail, male, 71.8 (2.87); female, 67.7 (2.665); bill 13.5 (.53); tarsus 
28.5 (1.22). 
Recognition Marks. —As in II. g. guttata, paler. 
Nesting.— Nest: Basally of twigs; mesially of bark-strips, grass, rootlets, leaf- 
skeletons, and moss (sparingly); lining, if any, of rootlets or coiled grasses. Eggs: 3 or 
4; light niagara green, unmarked. Av. size 21.6 x 16.5 (.85 x .65). Season: May- 
July, according to altitude; one brood. 
Range of II. g. sequoiensis. — Breeds in Boreal zones from southern British Colum¬ 
bia to high mountains of southern California; south in migrations and in winter to Lower 
California and Sonora. 
Distribution in California. —Summer resident in the Boreal zones of the Sierras 
north to Mt. Shasta. Also found in the San Bernardino Mountains and in the Warners. 
Authorities. — Ridgway ( Turdus swainsoni iistulatus) , Bull. Essex Inst., vol. vi., 
1874, p. 172 (w. slope Sierra Nevada, 5000 ft.); Belding, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 
ii., 1889, p. 18 (orig. desc.; type locality, Big Trees, Calaveras Co.); ibid., Bull. Cooper 
Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 21 (desc. nests, etc.); Barlow, Condor, vol. iii., 1901, p. 184 
(Sierra Nevada; song; desc. nest); Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., vol. v., 1908, p. 130 
(San Bernardino Mts.; nest and eggs; meas.; crit.). 
No. I48d White Mountains Hermit Thrush 
A. 0 . U. No. 759c, part. Hylocichla guttata polionota Grinnell. 
Synonym.— Grinnell’s Hermit Thrush. 
Description. —Similar to H. g. sequoiensis, but much grayer (“olive-brown,” 
Ridgway) above; entire coloration paler, or “colder.” Av. of 12 males from White 
Mountains: wing 98.6 (3.88); tail 73.8 (2.90); bill 12.7 (.50); tarsus 29.8 (1.17). 
Range. —So far as known, only the White Mountains, in California; but presum¬ 
ably also the Panamint and Inyo ranges and adjoining sections of Nevada. 
Authorities. — Fisher, A. K. ( Turdus aonalaschkae auduboni), N. Am. Fauna, 
no. 7, 1893, p. 146, part (White Mts.); Grinnell, Condor, vol. xx., 1918, p. 89 (orig. 
desc.; type locality, Wyman Creek, White Mts.). 
HE WHO has not in his heart a separate place for the Hermit Thrush 
is no bird lover. He who has never heard the evening requiem of the 
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