Perching* Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



726d. Sierra Creeper (C. f. ^elates). Similar to 

 No. 726c, but colors more dusky and less rufescent; 

 similar to No. 726b, but much darker; light centers of 

 feathers on head and back much reduced. v Osgood.) 



Range. — "Southern Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Sierra 

 Nevada of California." (Osgood.) 



756. Wilson Thrush; Veery (Hylodcbla fuscescms). 



L. 7.5. Ads. Above, wings and tail, uniform cinna- 

 mon brown; below white, sides grayish, breast and 

 throat buff rather faintly marked with triangular spots 

 the color of the back. Notes. Call, a clearly whistled 

 whee-you and a softer too-wbee; song, a weird, spiral of 

 blended alto and soprano tones largely on one note. 



Range.— Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Jersey, 

 the mountains of Pennsylvania, and northern Illinois north to New- 

 foundland and Manitoba; winters in Central America. 



756a. Willow Thrush H . f. salicicola) . Similar to 

 No. 756, but more olive above. 



Range. — Rockv Mountains north to British Columbia, east to 

 Dakota; in migration, casually to Illinois and South Carolina: winters 

 as far south as southern Brazil. 



759. Alaskan Hermit Thrush {Hylocichla guttata). 

 L. 6.5. W. 3.5; tail rufous, much brighter than back. 

 Ads. Eye-ring whitish, not deep buff; back olive- 

 brown; breast tinged with buff and heavily spotted 

 with large, wedge-shaped marks. 



Range.— Breeds in northwest coast region from British Columbia 

 to Alaska; In winter south to Mexico. 



759a. Audubon Hermit Thrush (H. g. auduboni). 

 Similar to No. 759, but larger, W. 4; back grayer, tail 

 paler, flanks less heavily washed with gray. 



Range. — Rocky Mountain region of United States south to Guat- 

 emala. 



759b. Hermit Thrush (H. g. pallasii). Similar to 

 No. 759, but back and sides browner. Notes. Call, a 

 low chuck; song, highly musical and probably exceed- 

 ing in spiritual quality that of any of our birds. 



Range.— Eastern North America; breeds from Michigan, Alleghan- 

 les in Pennsylvania, Catskills, higher mountains of Massachusetts 

 (rarely at sea level), north to Labrador; winters from New Jersey to 

 Gulf States. 



759c. Dwarf Hermit Thrush (H. g. nana). Simi- 

 lar to No. 759, but smaller, W. 3.2, back slightly 

 browner. 



Range. — Pacific coast; breeds from Washington south through 

 Sierra Nevadas; east, in migrations, to Nevada and Arizona; south to 

 Lower California and western Mexico. (A. O. U.) 



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