_Hylocichla guttata pallasi. Case 4, Fig. 77; Case 5, Fig. 26_
Back midway in color between Figs. 77 and 26; the
tail noticeably brighter, more rusty. L. 7-1/4.
_Range._ Nests from Long Island (locally), the
higher parts of Connecticut, and central Minnesota
northward to Canada, and southward in the
mountains to Maryland; winters from New Jersey and
Ohio Valley to the Gulf States and Cuba.
Washington, very common T.V., sometimes not
uncommon W.V., Apl. 6-May 17; Sept. 18-Nov. 12.
Ossining, common T.V.. Apl. 5-May 9; Oct. 18-Nov.
26. Cambridge, very common T.V., Apl. 15-May 5;
Oct. 5-Nov. 15; occasionally one or two may
winter; one summer record. N. Ohio, common T.V.,
Mch. 21-May 10; Oct. 2-28. Glen Ellyn, common
T.V., Mch. 18-May 11; Sept. 14-Nov. 1. SE. Minn.,
common T.V. Apl. 1-; Sept. 13-Oct. 26.
The Hermit is the only one of the Thrushes to winter in the eastern
United States and it is, therefore, the first one to reach us in the
spring. It comes early in April and takes about a month to complete its
migration. It rarely sings at this season and then only an echo of the
heavenly music which has won for it first place among American
songsters.
We may know the Hermit Thrush by the season in which he visits us, by
his reddish brown tail, which he slowly raises and lowers after
alighting, and by the low _chuck_ note with which he usually
accomplishes this movement.
The Hermit nests on the ground, laying, in the latter part of May, 3-4
greenish-blue eggs, slightly lighter in tint than those of the Wood
Thrush.