Plate CCCCXIX. Fig. 1. Male.
Wings with the fourth quill longest, the third and fifth equal and
slightly shorter, the second shorter than the sixth. Upper parts light
olivaceous-brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts brownish-red, as is
the tail; quills dusky brown, margined with light brownish-red; a
whitish ring round the eye; lower parts greyish-white, the sides
tinged with greyish-brown, the neck and breast tinged with
yellowish-red, and marked with broad triangular blackish-brown spots,
becoming fainter on the hind part of the breast and sides.
Although this species closely resembles the last in its colours, and
the proportions of the quills, it is yet so much inferior in size, and
its bill, tarsi, and toes are so much shorter, that it cannot be
considered otherwise than as distinct.
_Male_ 6, 9-1/2.
Columbia River. Accidental in the Middle Atlantic districts.
Migratory.
Turdus nanus, Dwarf Thrush, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 201.