WITH BROWN PREDOMINATING 309 
759c. DWARF HERMIT THRUSH. — Hylocichla guttata 
nana. 
Famity : The Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, ete. 
Length : 6.00-7.00. 
Adults: Upper parts rich olive-brown, brownest on crown and rump, 
dullest on tail ; under parts buffy, spotted on chest with wedge-shaped 
marks of brown. 
Geographical Distribution : Pacific slope, north to Washington, south to 
California. 
Breeding Range: Breeds rarely in the Sierra Nevada and northward to 
British Columbia. 
Breeding Season: June. 
Nest: In a bush, near the ground. 
Eggs: Wighter than a robin’s, and unmarked. Size 0.83 X 0.63. 
(Young Ornithologist, Vol. I. p. 149.) . 
Tus is an abundant winter visitant to California, oc- 
curring in almost all localities west of the Sierra Ne- 
vada, but there is only one record of its nest being found 
within the State. Mr. C. N. Comstock, of Oakland, took 
a nest of this species containing two eggs, in June, 1883, 
at the Calaveras Big Trees. 
76la. WESTERN ROBIN. — Merula migratoria propinqua. 
Famity : The Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, ete. 
Length : 10.00-11.00. 
Adults: Head, wings, and tail brownish black ; back brownish gray ; 
throat streaked black and white ; breast and belly bright red-brown ; 
under tail-coverts white. 
Young: Under parts yellowish, spotted with brown ; upper parts gray- 
ish brown, streaked with light. 
Geographical Distribution: Western United States from Rocky Moun- 
tains to Pacific. 
California Breeding Range: Along the higher Sierra Nevada south as 
far as the San Bernardino mountains. 
