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The Subspecies of Hylocichla ustulata 



Hylocichla ustulata ustulata (Nuttall) 



7 Urdus ushdatus Nuttall, Manual of ornithology of the United States and 

 Canada, ed. 2, vol. 1, pp. vi, 400, 1840. (Forests of Oregon==Fort Vancouver, 

 Wash.) 



In breeding season the upperparts of the adult are a rather brownish 

 umber, considerably brighter and richer than the same plumage of 

 oedica and lacking the olive of swainsoni. Thej could under no 

 circumstances be confused with the ashy gray upperparts of almae. 

 The deep russet of fall and winter birds is the distinguishing charac- 

 teristic of this race and sets it apart from the grayer, more subdued 

 russet of oedica. 



Breeding range is west of the cascades from northwestern Oregon 

 to Juneau, Alaska. Winter range is mainly to western mainland of 

 Mexico; one specimen is in the U.S. National ]Museum, from Tres 

 Zapotes, Veracruz. 



The following specimens were examined: 



Breeding: Alaska: Sheep Creek, 1; Sitka, 3. British Columbia: Howe 

 Sound, 1; Port Moody, 2; Queen Charlotte Island, 3; Wellington, 2. Washington: 

 Cathlamet, 1; Clallam County (Lake Sutherland), 1; Granville, 2; Xeah Bay, 3; 

 Vancouver, 1. oregon: Multnomah County (Sauvies Island), 1 (ing); Portland, 

 1 (ing). 



Migrant: Washington: Bumping Lake, 1; Carson, 1; Ellensburg, 1; Suez, 1. 

 California: Pacific Grove, 2; Placerita Canyon, 1; Stanford University, 1. Mex- 

 ico: Veracruz, (Tres Zapotes), 1. 



Hylocichla ustulata oedica Oberholser 

 Hylocichla ustulata oedica Oberholser, Auk, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 23, January 1899. 



(Santa Barbara. Calif.) 

 Hylocichla ustulata ustulata (Nuttall) (part). 



Adults in breeding plumage are similar to ustulata except that the 

 upperparts are considerable paler and grayer. Compared with swain- 

 soni they are more buffy, less olivaceous above. Fall and winter 

 birds are slightly darker than those taken in the summer. 



Breeding range is from California (except the southeastern part) 

 and southwestern Oregon (Klamath Mountains), north along the 

 east slopes of the Cascades to northern Washington. Winter range 

 is in Baja California, Arizona, and southern Mexico. 



The following specimens were examined: 



Breeding: Washington: Yakima, 1; Yakima County, (Big Klickitat), 1; 

 Yakima County, (Ahtanum), 1; Mount St. Helens, 2; Wenatchee Lake, 1; Entiat, 

 1; White Salmon, 1. oregon: Crater Lake, 1; Drew, 1. California: Aptos, 1; 

 Milpitas, 1; Nicasio, 1; San Diego County, 1; Santa Barbara, 1; Santa Cruz, 1. 



Migrant: Arizona: Fort Huachuca, 1. Mexico: Baja California (Salton 

 River [thus on label]), 1; Chiapas (Chicharras), 1. 



