Last summer another bird lover and I enjoyed a delightful experi- 
ence with the thrushes when we heard the Wilson, hermit and wood 
thrush all singing at the same time. 
HERMIT THRU SU~-(Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii.) 
Upper parts olive brown, sometimes cinnamon brown ; tail reddish | 
brown of distinctly different color from the back; throat and breast with 
a slight buffy tinge; feathers of the sides of the throat with wedge- 
shaped black spots at their tips ; those of the breast with large, rounded | 
spots ; middle of the belly white ; sides brownish gray or brownish ashy. 
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