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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 



763. Varied Thrush. Ixoreus naevius. 

 Range. Pacific coast from northern California to Alaska; south to Mexico in 



winter. 



These handsome birds breed abundantly in Alaska 

 and locally in mountain ranges south to northern Cali- 

 fornia. They nest at low elevations in trees, making 

 them of moss, twigs, weeds and grasses, forming a flat 

 shallow structure. Their eggs are greenish blue sharply 

 but sparingly spotted with dark brown; size 1.12 x .80. 

 Data, Delta of Kowak River, Alaska, June 11, 1899. 

 Four eggs. Nest 12 feet from the ground, against the 

 trunk of a slender spruce and supported by a clump of 

 stiff twigs. Collector, Joseph Grinnell. 



763a. Pale Varied Thrush. /. n. meruloides. 



Range. Interior of western North America, breeding from British Columbia 



to Alaska. Its habits and eggs do not differ from those of the last. 



([Greenish blue.] 



Photo bv J. B. Pardoe. 



NEST AND EGGS OF ROBIN. 



