248 THE VARIED THRUSH * 



No. loo. 



VARIED TllRlSII. 



A. f). L'. N'o. 763. Ixoreus nsevius (Gmclinj. 



Synonyms. — Molnt.mn Rduin. Wintkk Rnitix. ()ki:g<jn Robin. Co- 

 lumbian RnlllN. \'.\RIKD RoItlN. P.MNTEU RoUI.V. 



Description. — Adult male: .\bovc dark slatc-culor (plumbeous slate to 

 blackish slate), sonietiines, especially in winter, tinjjetl with olivaceous; wings 

 (luskv edged more or less with slaty, the tlight- feathers varied by tx'hraceous- 

 bufF, the midtlle and greater coverts tipped broadly with tawny or ocliraceous 

 forming two conspicuiius bars; tail blackish, the outermost or several lateral 

 rectrices tipped with white on inner web; a conspicuous lateral liead-stri|)e 

 originating above eye and i)assing backward to nape ocliraceous or ochraccous- 

 buft; area on side of head, including lores, sul)orbital space and auriculars, black 

 or slaty-black connected narrowly on side of neck with a cons|)icuous ])ectoral 

 collar of the same shade; chin, throat and remaining underi)arts tawny (or ochra- 

 ceous-tawny to ochraceous-buff ), |)aling on sides and llanks where feathers 

 broadly margined with slaty-gray, changing to white on abdomen ; under tail- 

 coverts mingieil white, slaty and ochracef)Us; axillars and under wing-coverts 

 white basally broadly ti])ped with slaty-gray and under surface of flight- feathers 

 crossed basally by band of white or buftish. I'ill brownish black paling basally 

 on mandible: feet and legs ochre-brown; irides brown. Adult female: Similar 

 to ailult male hut paler and duller; upi)eri)arts olive-slaty to olive brownish; 

 tawny of uiideri)arts much jKiler and ])ectoral collar narrower, of the shade of 

 back or a little darker ; more extensively white on abdomen : Youiuj birds: Like 

 adult female but more yellowish ocliraceous below ; pectoral band indistinct 

 composed of ocliraceous feathers having darker edges; other feathers of throat 

 and breast more or less tippeil with olive dusky. Length of adult </ 50-10.00 

 ( 241-254 » ; wing 4.02 (125 ) : tail 3.43 (87) ; bill .83 ( 21 ) ; tarsus .87 ( 22 ). 



RecoRnition Marks. — Robin size: blackish collar distinctive; wings con- 

 sj)icuonsly varied by tawny markings; head pattern distinctive — otherwise very 

 Robin-like in bearing and deportment. 



Nesting. — Xest: of sticks, twigs, grasses and rotten wowl smothered in 

 moss, a bulky, handsome structure placcil in saplings or trees at moderate heights 

 without atteiiii)t at concealment. lujc/s: usually 3, rarely 4, greenish blue spar- 

 ingly speckled or s])otted, rarely blotched with dark brown. .\v. size i.i2x.8o 

 (28.4x20.3). Season: .\pril 20-May to, June 10-julyi : two broods. 



General Ranjje. — Mountains and forests of western North .America, breed- 

 ing from uortlu-rn California (Humboldt County) to northern .\laska. wintering 

 from Kailiak l>land to -iiuilurii 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 cast of the main tlivides (Cascade). 



Authorities. — [Lewis and Clark, Hist. Ex. (1814), Kd. Riddle; Coucs, \ol. 

 II., J). 1S4I. Tiirdiis iiir.iiis. Baird, Rep. I'ac. R. R. Surv. IX., i8i;8, pp. 211 

 ( "Simiahmoo. \V. T." ). 220. T. C&S. L-. D'. Kb. Ra. Kk. J. B. E. 



Specimens.— r. of \V. 1". Prov. B. E. 



