Townsend's Solitaire 515 



a^ Under-parts plain reddish, only the throat streaked. 



Planesticus, p. 523. 

 b^ Under-parts white or buffy-white. 



a* Base of the tail white contrasting with terminal portion. 



Saxicola, p. 525. 

 b^ Base of the tail never white, under-parts spotted. 



Hylocichla, p. 517. 



Genus MYADESTES. 



Bill short, widened, flattened and depressed at the base ; wings 

 long and pointed, the outer primary short, less than half the length 

 of the next ; tail long though not exceeding the wing, doubly rounded, 

 the outer and central feathers shorter than the intermediate ones ; 

 feet rather weak ; tarsus booted with a single long scute before and 

 behind ; plumage of adult chiefly plain grey, of young spotted. 



A pTirely American genus with only one species in the United States. 



Townsend's Solitaire. Myadestes tovmsendi. 



A.O.U. Checklist no 754 — Colorado Records — Allen 72, p. 161 ; 

 Aiken 72, p. 198 ; Trippe 74, p. 95 ; Henshaw 75, p. 231 ; Lamb 77, 

 p. 77 ; Scott 79, p. 93 ; Drew 81, p. 15 ; Stone 82, p. 191 ; 84, p. 20 ; 

 Allen & Brewster 83, p. 160 ; Coues 83, p. 239 ; Beckham 85, p. 140 ; 

 87, p. 125 ; W. G. Smith 86, p. 25 ; Morrison 88, p. 71 ; Kellogg 90, 

 p. 89 ; Lowe 94, p. 270 ; McGregor 97, p. 39 ; Cooke 97, pp. 19, 124, 

 169, 223 ; Keyser 02, p. 298 ; Henderson 03, p. 237 ; 09, p. 241 ; Warren 

 06, p. 24 ; 08, p. 26 ; Gihnan 07, p. 195 ; Rockwell 08, p. 179 ; Cary 

 09, p. 185. 



Description. — Male — Above slaty-grey, becoming duskier on the 

 wings and tail ; basal portion of the inner primaries and of the second- 

 aries ochraceous-buff, concealed when the wing is closed, but forming 

 a conspicuous band when the wing is spread ; outer pair of tail-feathers 

 white on the terminal half of the outer web, and tipped on the inner 

 web with the same ; second pair with a smaller white tip ; below slaty- 

 grey, but paler than the upper-parts ; iris dark brown, bill and legs 

 black. Length 7-85; wing 4-60; tail 40; cuhnen -50; tarsus -80. 



The female resembles the male, but is slightly smaller — wing 4-45 ; 

 yoiing birds have the upper-parts, except the wings and tail-feathers, 

 conspicuously spotted with buff, and most of the feathers edged with 

 black ; below pale buff, the feathers margined with dusky. 



Distribution. — Western North America, breeding from Alaska south 

 to the mountains of Zacatecas in Mexico, and from the coast ranges 

 of the Pacific to North Dakota and western Texas ; wintering from 

 Oregon southward. 



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