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North American Birds Eggs. 



763. Varied Thrush. Ixorcus nferius. 



Range. — Paeitic coast from northern California to Alaska; south to Mexico in 



winter. 



These handsome birds breed abundantly in Alaska 

 and locally in mountain ranges south to northern Cali- 

 fornia. They nest at low elevations in trees, making 

 them of moss, twigs, weeds and grasses, forming a Hat 

 shallow structure. Their eggs are greenish blue sharply 

 but sparingly spotted with dark brown; size 1.12 x .(SO. 

 Data.— Delta' of Kowak River, Alaska, June 11, 189i), 

 Four eggs. Xest 12 feet from the ground, against the 

 trunk of a slender spruce and supported by a clump of 

 stiff twigs. Collector, Joseph Grinnell. 



763a. Pale Varied Thrush. /. /;. meruloides. 

 Range.— Interior of western North America, breeding from British Columl)ia 



jto Alaska. Its habits and etrgs do not iliffer from those of the last. 



L(;rt'fni.sh blue 



Photo bv J. B. Pardee. 



NEST AND EGGS OF ROBIN. 



