. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 234 BIRDvS OF AMERICA HERMIT THRUSH Hylocichla guttata pallasi ( Culmiiis) A. 1), f. Number :^qh >il- folur I'latc 105 Other Names.—American Xightingalc; Swamp Angel; Swamp Robin; Rufous-tailed Thrush; Solitary Thrush. General Description.— Length, 7 inches. Upper parts, russet-brown ; under parts, white with spots of dark. Bill, about ]/, length of head, slender, gradually and increasingly curved downward toward the tip; wings, rather long and pointed; tail, not more than 3/i length of wing, even, the feathers slightly sharpened at the extreme t
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 234 BIRDvS OF AMERICA HERMIT THRUSH Hylocichla guttata pallasi ( Culmiiis) A. 1), f. Number :^qh >il- folur I'latc 105 Other Names.—American Xightingalc; Swamp Angel; Swamp Robin; Rufous-tailed Thrush; Solitary Thrush. General Description.— Length, 7 inches. Upper parts, russet-brown ; under parts, white with spots of dark. Bill, about ]/, length of head, slender, gradually and increasingly curved downward toward the tip; wings, rather long and pointed; tail, not more than 3/i length of wing, even, the feathers slightly sharpened at the extreme tip ; legs, long and slender. Color.— Above, plain russet-brown, the uf^pcr tail- covcrts and tail reddish-brown ; a conspicuous eye-ring of dull white; lores, dull whitish mixed with dusky grayish ; sides of head, grayish-brown with very nar- row shaft-streaks of dull whitish; cheeks and under parts dull white, the chest and hinder part of cheeks tinged with pale cream-bufif; a dusky or sooty streak below cheeks along each side of throat; sides of lower throat with narrow wedge-shaped streaks of dusky; chest with large triangular spots of dusky grayish- brown or sooty; these more wedge-shaped, on upper chest, broader and more rounded on lower chest; upper breast, especially on lateral portions, spotted with grayish-brown or brownish-gray ; sides and flanks, light brownish-gray; bill, dusky brown or blackish, the basal half below pale grayish flesh color; iris, dark brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Placed on or close to the ground; rather bulky and made of grass, a few small rootlets, leaves, sometimes bits of dried moss, and rather carefully lined with finer pieces of the same material. Eccs: 3 or 4, plain greenish-blue. Distribution.— Eastern North America; breeding from Massachusetts (Marthas Vineyard; Taconic Mountains, Berkshire County, 1000 to 2900 feet), Connecticut (Bear Mountains, Norfolk) ; New York (Catskills, 2300 to 2600 feet; Peterboro; Lake Ron- konkoma. Lo
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