THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, AND SOLITAIRES: Family Turdidae [ 467 ] 



Western Robin: 



Turdus migratorius propinquus Ridgway 



DESCRIPTION. "Adults: Head, wings, and tail blackish; rest of upper parts slaty 

 gray, black of hind neck sharply contrasting with gray of anterior fart of back; outer tail 

 feather without distinct white tip, often with no white; throat black, streaked with 

 white; rest of under parts, except tail coverts, rufous; in female paler and duller. 

 In winter: upper parts tinged with brown; under parts with feathers edged with 

 white. Young: under parts spotted; upper parts streaked with white. Young in first 

 winter: head and neck brownish gray, like upper parts; rufous of breast paler, more 

 olivaceous. Length: 10-11, wing 5.10-5.70, tail 3.80-4.70, bill .85-. 95." (Bailey) 

 Nest and eggs: As for Northwestern Robin. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from southeastern British Columbia and Montana 

 south to California. Winters over much of its range and southward. In Oregon: 

 Abundant breeding species from summit of Cascades eastward throughout State and 

 in Rogue River Valley and southern counties along coast. 



ALL OF THE breeding birds from and including the summit of the Cascades 

 eastward are of this race. We have breeding individuals in the Biological 

 Survey collection from Fort Klamath, Davis Lake, Hart Mountain, lone, 

 Mount Vernon, and Wallowa Lake. There are also summer birds from 

 Elgin, Heppner, Millers Head of Crooked Creek, Crook County, head of 

 Drews Creek, Lake County, and Lapine. There are egg dates from pub- 

 lished data, from our notes, or from notes in the Biological Survey files 

 from April 12. to July 2.6. 



To date we have not seen a winter bird of this race from Oregon, but 

 we are unable to believe that it withdraws entirely from the State and 

 feel sure that more winter collecting, particularly east of the Cascades, 

 will reveal it. 



Pacific Varied Thrush: 



Ixoreus naevius naevius (Gmelin) 



DESCRIPTION. "Adult male: Under parts bright rusty brown, throat crossed by blackish 

 necklace; belly mixed white and gray; upper parts dark bluish slate, feathers edged 

 with lighter; wings banded and edged with brown; side of head black, bordered 

 above by brown streak. Adult female: similar, but much duller; upper parts washed 

 with brown deeper in winter and collar obscured by brown feathers. Young: 

 like female, but duller; collar less distinct, and more or less spotted with yellowish 

 brown; feathers of breast with dusky and those of upper parts with distinct paler 

 shaft streaks. Length: 9-10, wing 4.90-5.10, tail about 3.60-3.80, bill about i." 

 (Bailey) Nest: Much like that of a robin and in much the same position. Eggs: 

 4, pale greenish blue, sparingly speckled with brown. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from Yakutat Bay, Alaska, south to Humboldt 

 County, California. Winters south to southern California. In Oregon: Permanent 

 resident west of eastern edge of timber on Cascades running through Wasco, Jefferson, 

 Deschutes, and Klamath Counties. We have specimens and notes from every county 

 west of this line. 



THE PACIFIC VARIED THRUSH, or Alaska Robin, as it is sometimes called, 

 attracted the attention of early visitors. Lewis and Clark (1814) found 



