THE WOOD THRUSH. 7 



2. THE OREGON ROBIN. 



TURDUS N^VIUS Gmelin. 



Spotted, Painted and Golden Robin (Oregon to Vancouver) ; Varied Thrush. 



The Oregon robin of the northwest coast ranges from 

 Behriftg^ s Straits to Southern California., and eastward 

 through the Rocky Mountains ; while several eiTatic specimens 

 have been taken in the Eastern States, always, however, in 

 winter. 



In the spring it retires to the extreme north to breed ; and to 

 Mr. W. H. Dall we are mainly indebted for what we know of 

 its nest, several of which he discovered in Alaska. One, found 

 May 22, was built about two and a half feet from the ground, 

 upon a pile of rubbish which had been drifted into a clump of 

 willow bushes. The situation, as in all other cases, was a se- 

 cluded one, close to the river bank. 



The nest was 6 inches in diameter, and 21-2 thick, but the 

 depression of the cavity was slight. It was composed of dry 

 mosses and lichens well compacted, and fragments of dry stalks 

 of grasses. Another nest, seen by Dr. Minor in Alaska, was 

 a more finished structure. The outside consisted of a basket 

 of slender twigs, within which was an inner nest of intei"woven 

 fine dry grasses and long gray lichens. The eggs, in number, 

 size, shape and ground-color, are closely similar to those of 

 the eastern robin, but ai"e somewhat profusely marked with 

 round distinct spots of dark brown, nearly black, which makes 

 them indistinguishable from the eggs of the mavis, or song- 

 thrush ( Tardus mztsicus) of Europe. 



3. THE ^NTOOD THRUSH. 



TURDUS MUSTELINUS Gmelin. 



Wood Robin ; Song or Swamp Thrush ; Mavis ; Swamp Angel (Adirondaclts). 



The wood thrush breeds throughout its range in the United 

 States, where it is distinctively an eastern bird. It is found 

 northward to New England and Canada West ; westwai'd to 

 Dakota, and southward in winter, to Central America. Througu 

 the central portion, all have paired by May i, and the nest is 



