Plate LVIII. Male and Female.
Wings with the fourth quill longest, the third and fifth equal and
slightly shorter, the second nearly equal to the sixth. Upper parts
light olivaceous brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts brownish-red,
as is the tail; quills dusky brown, margined with reddish-brown; a
whitish ring round the eye; lower parts white, the sides tinged with
greyish-olive, the fore part of the neck very slightly with
yellowish-brown, and marked with rather decided ovato-triangular dusky
brown spots of moderate size. The female is smaller, but otherwise
similar.
_Male_, 7, 10-1/2.
From Texas to the Fur Countries. Resident in winter from the Carolinas
southward. Rather common.
Hermit Thrush, Turdus solitarius, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p.
95.
Turdus minor, Bonap. Syn. p. 75.
Little or Hermit Thrush, Turdus minor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
346.
Merula solitaria, Hermit Thrush, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer.
v. ii. p. 184.
Hermit Thrush, Turdus minor, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 303; v.
v. p. 445.