THE BIRD BOOK 
Hermit Thrush 
Hylocichla guttata 
759b. Hermit Thrush. 
pallasi. 
Range. — Eastern North America, breeding in 
northern United States and north to Labrador; 
winters in southern United States. 
This species, which is noted for its weet and 
musical song, frequents damp swamps and 
thickets where it builds its nest either on the 
ground or near it, like that of the Wilson 
Thrush; it is made of shreds 
of bark, grasses, leaves and 
rootlets, lined with fine root- 
lets; the three or four eggs, 
which are deposited in May 
or June, are bluish green and 
cannot, with certainty, be 
distinguished from those of . . 
the Veery; size .85 x .65. Blmsh “ reen 
75.9c. Dwarf Hermit Thrush. Hylocichla 
guttata nanus. 
Range. — Pacific coast of United States, from Washington, southward. 
The nesting habits and eggs of this slightly smaller and duller colored variety 
are like those of the other Hermit Thrushes. 
[760.] Red-winged Thrush. T urdus musicus. 
Range. — An Old World species, accidentally straying to Greenland. 
This common European bird nests at low elevations in bushes or trees, laying 
four or five bluish green eggs, spotted with reddish brown; size 1.05 x .75. 
761. Robin. Planesticus migratorius 
migratorius. 
Range. — North America east of the Rockies, 
breeding from the middle portions of the United 
States, north to the Arctic Ocean. 
These common birds nest in trees about 
houses, in orchards, open woods, in corners of 
fences, on blinds on houses, and in fact al- 
most every conceivable 
position. Their nests 
are made of grasses, 
firmly cemented togeth- 
er with mud and lined 
with finer grasses; 
when placed in trees 
they are generally firm- 
ly saddled in crotches 
and may be found at any height, from on the 
ground to sixty feet above it. Their eggs are 
greenish blue; size 1.15 x .80. Eggs may be 
found at any time from May until July or 
August as they raise several broods a season. 
Greenish blue 
American Robin 
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