472 THRUSHES, SOLITAIRES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 



in the hush of sunset, when the western sky is aglow and the deep 

 voice rises from its chantry in slow, soul -stirring cadences, high-up- 

 higli-np, look-up, look-up. 



75 9 c. H. g. nana (And.}. DWARF HEKMIT THRUSH. 



Like guttata, but color darker aiid richer ; upper parts brownish oliva- 

 ceous, tending- toward raw umber ; top of head and rump browner than 

 back ; upper tail coverts and tail burnt umber ; under parts more buffy 

 than in guttata. Wing : 3.25, tail 2.75, bill .50, tarsus 1.12. 



Distribution. --Pacific coast region, from Washing-ton southward, breed- 

 ing 1 south to Sierra Nevada region ; east in migrations to Nevada and Ari- 

 zona, and south to Lower California and western Mexico. 



GENUS MERULA. 1 



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General Characters. Bill slender and compressed, 

 notched near end ; nostrils wholly exposed ; tail more than 

 3 three times as long- as tarsus ; under parts spotted in 

 Fig. 599. young 1 . 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



1. Outer tail feather with distinct white spot at tip of inner web ; colors 



darker migratoria, p. 472. 



1'. Outer tail feather without distinct white tip to inner web ; colors paler. 



propinqua, p. 472. 



761. Merula migratoria (Linn.). ROBIN. 



Like M. m. propinqua. but outer tail feather with a distinct white spot 



at tip of inner web ; 

 anterior portion of 

 back usually some- 

 what clouded with 

 black in fully adult 

 birds. Length : 9-10, 

 wing- 4.90-5.40, tail 

 4. 10-4. 50, bill .S5-.92. 

 D i str ibution. 

 Breeds from Alaska 

 and the arctic coasts 

 southeast through 

 Hudson Bay region 

 and the Rocky Moun- 

 tains to Kansas, Vir- 

 ginia, and the Atlan- 



Fig. GOO. 



tic coast ; winters from southern Canada southward. 



Nest and eggs.-- Like those of M. in. propinqua. 



Food. -- Crickets, grasshoppers, and other noxious insects, seeds, wild 

 fruit, and berries. 



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76 la. M. m. propinqua Eidgw. WESTERN ROBIN. 

 Adults. - - Head, wings, and tail blackish ; rest of upper parts slaty 



1 A specimen of Mr ml a con finis was taken by Mr. Emerson at Hay wards, Cal., in Janu- 

 ary, 1882. (Zoe, i. 4G.) 



