IIEEMIT THRUSH. 
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Wilson’s Thrush or Veery, Turdus^ Wilsonii, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 349. 
Tawny Thrush, Turdus Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 362 ; vol. v. p. 446. 
Male. 
Wings with the third quill largest, the fourth scarcely shorter, and slightly 
exceeding the second. Upper parts uniform light reddish-brown, a little 
deeper on the head ; quill and tail-coverts light olive-brown, the outer webs 
of the former like the back ; lower parts greyish-white, the sides and lower 
part of the neck, and a small portion of the breast tinged with pale yellowish- 
brown, and marked with small faint and undecided triangular brown spots. 
Female an inch less in length than the male, but otherwise similar. 
Male, 7 A, 12. 
HERMIT THRUSH. 
Turdus solitarius, Wils. 
PLATE CXLYI. — Male and Female. 
This, kind reader, is another constant resident in the Southern States, 
more especially those of Mississippi and Louisiana, where it abounds during 
the winter months, and is found in considerable numbers during spring and 
summer. In the lower parts of Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, it is also 
observed during spring and summer ; but it becomes scarcer as you advance 
towards the Middle Districts, where a few are occasionally seen about the 
low woodlands of the Atlantic shores. 
Except during winter, this Thrush prefers the darkest, most swampy, and 
most secluded cane-brakes along the margins of the Mississippi, where it 
breeds and spends the summer, retiring to higher lands during the period 
when the alluvial grounds are covered with the water which, during freshets, 
generally inundates these low cane-brakes and swampy retreats. 
The flight of the Hermit Thrush is performed low over the ground, and 
in a gliding manner, as the bird shifts from one place to another at a short 
distance. In this respect, it differs greatly from its relative, my great 
favourite, the Wood Thrush, the flight of which is more protracted, and is 
performed at a greater elevation. 
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