. Birds of North Carolina . of leaves, shreds of bark, small twigs, and moss. Thethree or four eggs are greenish blue, sjieckled with rcddisli brown. Size .92 x .66. 340. Hylocichla guttata pallasi {Cab.). Hekmit Thrush. Dcxcripliiin: Ail.—lpi>erparls olive-brown, sometimes cinnamon-browTi; tail pale rufous, of adistinctly different color from the back; throat and breast with a slight buffy tinge; feathers ofthe sides of the throat with wedge-shaiied black sjjots at their tips; those of tlie breast wUhJarge,rounded spots; middle of the bellv white; sides brownish gray or brownisli ashy. I,.
. Birds of North Carolina . of leaves, shreds of bark, small twigs, and moss. Thethree or four eggs are greenish blue, sjieckled with rcddisli brown. Size .92 x .66. 340. Hylocichla guttata pallasi {Cab.). Hekmit Thrush. Dcxcripliiin: Ail.—lpi>erparls olive-brown, sometimes cinnamon-browTi; tail pale rufous, of adistinctly different color from the back; throat and breast with a slight buffy tinge; feathers ofthe sides of the throat with wedge-shaiied black sjjots at their tips; those of tlie breast wUhJarge,rounded spots; middle of the bellv white; sides brownish gray or brownisli ashy. I,., ; \\ .,; T., ; H., ..51. Descriptive List 333 Remarks.—^The Hermit Tlirush may always be easily identified by its rufous tail. It is the onlyone of our thrushes wliich has the tail brighter than the back. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—Eastern North America, breeding from northern United States northward, winteringfrom Virginia southward. Range in North Carolina.—Winter visitor throughout the Fig. 274. Hkrmit The Hermit Thrush is a common \\-inter visitor in the whole of the State, arriv-ing some time in October. Our latest spring records are April 29 (1892) for Raleighand May 15 for Weaverville. This bird stays mainly in heavy, damp woods, and in the thick growth alongstreams, feeding to some extent on small wild fruits and berries, such as frost-grapes, holly berries, the berries of the dogwood and of Ilex decidua. It is usuallyseen on or near the ground. Genus Planesticus 341. Planesticus migratorius migratorius (Linn.). RoBm. Ads.—Top and sides of the liead black, a wliitc spot above and below the eye; rest of the upper-parts grayish slate-color; margins of wings slightly lighter; tail blackish, the outer feathers withwhite spots at their tips; throat white, streaked with black; rest of the underparts rufous (tippedwith white in the fall), becoming white on the middle of the lower belly; bill yellow, bro\vnishin fall. Im. females
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