. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Plate XXVIU. - HERMIT THRUSHUpper parts olive-brown ; tail reddish brown; throat and breastspotted. Length, about 7j inches. KEY TO THRUSHES AND BLUEBIRDS 361 3. Tail not reddish Under parts heavily spotted ; breast wJiite ; upperparts golden brown, brightest on head. Call, pit-a-pit. Most familiar of Thrushes. p. 22. Wood Under parts not heavily spotted ; breast Back uniformly cinnamon brown ; breast spots verysmall and brown ; sides whitish. Call lohee-u. p. 358. Wilsons Back uniformly olive; bre
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Plate XXVIU. - HERMIT THRUSHUpper parts olive-brown ; tail reddish brown; throat and breastspotted. Length, about 7j inches. KEY TO THRUSHES AND BLUEBIRDS 361 3. Tail not reddish Under parts heavily spotted ; breast wJiite ; upperparts golden brown, brightest on head. Call, pit-a-pit. Most familiar of Thrushes. p. 22. Wood Under parts not heavily spotted ; breast Back uniformly cinnamon brown ; breast spots verysmall and brown ; sides whitish. Call lohee-u. p. 358. Wilsons Back uniformly olive; breast spots larger andblack ; sides brownish gray. Migrant. p. 359. Olive-backed 3. Wood Thrush. .(5-. Fig. 220. Hermit Thrush. 2. Wilsons Olive-backed Thrush. With the Thrushes we finish the list of Perch-ino- Birds, and will do well to take a final review 362 COMPARISON OF GROUPS OF BIRDS of all the birds we have spoken of in the order inwhich they belong. The hen-like Grouse andQuail, the Pigeons and Doves, and the mice-destroying Hawks and Owls, carry their pictureswith their names. The caterpillar-eating, longbrown Cuckoos and the water-haunting blue King-fishers are followed by the forest-preservers, theblack and white tree-trunk-loving slender-billed Hummingbird and the gaping-mouthed Swifts and Goatsuckers — Nighthawksand Whip-poor-wills — make the last order be-fore that of the Perching Birds. Of these theGray Flycatchers match the bare twigs on whichthey lie in wait for their prey; the Horned Larkshave curious black horns; the Crows and Jaysare powerful birds of strong bills and feet; theBlackbirds and Orioles, s
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