248 THE VARIED THRUSH. 
No. roo. 
VARIED THRUSH. 
A. O. U. No. 763. Ixoreus nzvius (Gmelin). 
Synonyms.—Mounvtatn Rosin. WuInTER Rosin. Orecon Rosin. Co- 
LUMBIAN RosBiIn. VARIED RoBIN. PAINTED ROBIN. 
Description.—Adult male: Above dark slate-color (plumbeous slate to 
blackish slate), sometimes, especially in winter, tinged with olivaceous; wings 
dusky edged more or less with slaty, the flight-feathers varied by ochraceous- 
buff, the middle and greater coverts tipped broadly with tawny or ochraceous 
forming two conspicuous bars; tail blackish; the outermost or several lateral 
rectrices tipped with white on inner web; a conspicuous lateral head-stripe 
originating above eye and passing backward to nape ochraceous or ochraceous- 
buff ; area on side of head, including lores, suborbital space and auriculars, black 
or slaty-black connected narrowly on side of neck with a conspicuous pectoral 
collar of the same shade; chin, throat and remaining underparts tawny (or ochra- 
ceous-tawny to ochraceous-buff), paling on sides and flanks where feathers 
broadly margined with slaty-gray, changing to white on abdomen; under tail- 
coverts mingled white, slaty and ochraceous; axillars and under wing-coverts 
white basally broadly tipped with slaty-gray and under surface of flight-feathers 
crossed basally by band of white or buffish. Bull brownish black paling basally 
on mandible; feet and legs ochre-brown; irides brown. Adult female: Similar 
to adult male but paler and duller; upperparts olive-slaty to olive brownish; 
tawny of underparts much paler and pectoral collar narrower, of the shade of 
back or a little darker; more extensively white on abdomen: Young birds: Like 
adult female but more yellowish ochraceous below; pectoral band indistinct 
composed of ochraceous feathers having darker edges; other feathers of throat 
and breast more or less tipped with olive dusky. Length of adult 9.50-10.00 
(241-254) ; wing 4.92 (125); tail 3.43 (87); bill .83 (21); tarsus .87 (22). 
Recognition Marks.—Robin size; blackish collar distinctive; wings con- 
spicuously varied by tawny markings; head pattern distinctive—otherwise very 
Robin-like in bearing and deportment. 
Nesting.—Nest: of sticks, twigs, grasses and rotten wood smothered in 
moss, a bulky, handsome structure placed in saplings or trees at moderate heights 
without attempt at concealment. Eggs: usually 3, rarely 4, greenish blue spar- 
ingly speckled or spotted, rarely blotched with dark brown. Avy. size 1.12 x .80 
(28.4 x 20.3). Season: April 20-May to, June 10-July1; two broods. 
General Range.—Mountains and forests of western North America, breed- 
ing from northern California (Humboldt County) to northern Alaska, wintering 
from Kadiak Island to southern California and straggling irregularly eastward 
during migrations. 
Range in Washington.—Resident in coniferous forests thruout the State 
from sea-level to limit of trees; retires to valleys and lowlands in winter; less 
common east of the main divides (Cascade). 
Authorities.—[ Lewis and Clark, Hist. Ex. (1814), Ed. Biddle; Coues, Vol. 
IL, p. 184]. Zurdus nevius, Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX., 1858, pp. 211 
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Specimens.—U. of W. P*. Prov. B. E. 
