THE BIRD BOOK 



Wheatear 



763. VARIED THRUSH. Ixoreus ncevius 

 ncevius. 



Range. Pacific coast from northern Califor- 

 nia to Alaska; south to Mexico in winter. 



These handsome birds breed abundantly in 

 Alaska and locally in mountain ranges south 

 to northern California. They nest at low ele- 

 vations in trees, making 

 them of moss, twigs, 

 weeds and grasses, 

 forming a flat shallow 

 structure. Their eggs 

 are greenish blue sharp- 

 ly but sparingly spotted 

 with dark brown; size 

 1.12 x .80. Data. Delta Greenish blue 



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. 



763a. NORTHERN VARIED THRUSH. Ixoreus ncevius 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. 



[764]. SIBERIAN RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT. Cyanosy I via suecica 

 robusta. 



Range. Northern Asia; casually to Alaska. 



This beautiful foreigner nests on the ground and lays four to six greenish blue 

 eggs, spotted with reddish brown; size .75 x .50. 



765. WHEATEAR. Saxicola cenanthe cenanthe. 



Range. Asia; casual in Alaska in summer; nesting habits and eggs like the 

 next. 



765a. GREENLAND WHEATEAR. Saxicola 

 cenanthe leucorhoa. 



Range. Europe and Greenland ; casual on the Atlantic coast 

 of North America. 



This very abundant Old World species is a common breed- 

 ing bird in Greenland and probably also in Labrador. They j 

 nest in crevices of quarries, holes in the ground, or stone 

 walls, making a rude nest of weeds, moss or^ grasses, lined 

 with hair or feathers, and during May lay from four to six . . 

 pale greenish blue eggs; size .90 x .60. 



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