. Birds of New York . Photo by Verdi BurtchHermit thrush on nest. Photo by Verdi BurtchHermit thrushs nest and eggs so high it is hardly to be heard at a distance. The others are very fullsoprano or mezzo-soprano. There are no bass notes such as the Woodthrush strikes and no great intervals between any two notes. The Hermit makes its nest On the ground or in the low branches ofsome thick tree. It is composed of coarse grasses, leaves and mosses, linedwith dark rootlets or pine needles. Beneath the lining is usually a cupof mud or damp rotten wood as is customary with the other egg
. Birds of New York . Photo by Verdi BurtchHermit thrush on nest. Photo by Verdi BurtchHermit thrushs nest and eggs so high it is hardly to be heard at a distance. The others are very fullsoprano or mezzo-soprano. There are no bass notes such as the Woodthrush strikes and no great intervals between any two notes. The Hermit makes its nest On the ground or in the low branches ofsome thick tree. It is composed of coarse grasses, leaves and mosses, linedwith dark rootlets or pine needles. Beneath the lining is usually a cupof mud or damp rotten wood as is customary with the other eggs are 4 to 6 in number, usually 4, greenish blue in color, lighterthan those of the Wood thrush, and average .88 by .69 inches in dimensions. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 529 Planesticus migratorius migratorius (Linnaeus)Rohin Plate I06 Turdus migratorius Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. 1766. 1:292Merula migratoria DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 70, fig. 83Planesticus migratorius migratorius A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. p. 363. No. 761planisticus, poorly formed from L
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