Wings with the third quill largest, the fourth scarcely shorter, and slightly exceeding the second. Upper parts uniform light reddish-brown, a little deeper on the head; quill and tail-coverts light olive-brown, the outer webs of the former like the back; lower parts greyish-white, the sides and lower part of the neck, and a small portion of the breast tinged with pale yellowish-brown, and marked with small faint and undecided triangular brown spots. Female an inch less in length than the male, but otherwise similar.
Male, 72/12, 12.
From Texas to the Fur Countries, as well as in the interior. Resident in winter in the Floridas, though the greater number remove beyond the United States. Rather abundant.
Tawny Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 98.
Turdus Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 76.
Merula minor (Swainson), Little Tawny Thrush, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 179, Plate 36. The description and figure clearly refer to the present species.
Wilson's Thrush or Veery, Turdus Wilsonii, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 349.
Tawny Thrush, Turdus Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 362; v. v. p. 446.
146. 5. Turdus solitarius, Wils. Hermit Thrush.
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, 101/2.
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.