TO Synopsis of the Birds 
breast and under the wings; tail short, emarginate : bill 
short. 
Hermit Thrush , Turdus solitarius , Wils. Am. Orn. v.p. 95 . 
pi. 43 . fig. 2. 
Inhabits all North America in summer : common : resident 
in the southern states. 
101. Turdus wilsonii, N ob. Tawny-brown; beneath white, 
with brown spots on the throat; tail short, nearly even, the 
feathers pointed ; bill short. 
Tawny Thrush , Turdus mustelinus , Wils . Am. Orn. v. 
p. 98 . pi. 43 . fig. 3 . 
Inhabits all North America, remaining but a few days in 
Pennsylvania and New Jersey : rather common : breeding 
in the north : wintering in the south. 
Q.2. SYLVIA. 
Motacilla , L. Gm. 111. Ficedula, Briss. Sylvia, Scopoli. 
Lath. Temm. Ranz. Sylvia, Dacnis, (subgenus of Cassicus ) 
Cuv. Sylvia, Mniotilta, Vieill. 
Bill slender, straight, subulate, higher than wide at base, 
furnished with bristles ; lower mandible straight : nostrils 
basal, lateral, oval, half closed by a membrane : tongue 
cartilaginous : lacerated at tip. Feet slender ; tarsus longer 
than the middle toe ; inner toe free ; hind toe moderate ; nails 
moderate, compressed, incurved, acute ; the posterior shorter 
than the toe. Wings moderate or short; spurious feather 
generally short ; first and second primaries, second and third, 
or third and fourth, longest ; scapulars considerably shorter 
than the quill feathers. 
FeiMAle generally distinguished by a less vivid plumage. 
Young generally similar to the parents after the first moult. 
Moult once, some species twice, in the year. 
Sprightly. Inhabit forests : migrate from south to north 
in spring. Feed on insects which they generally take on the 
