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and lining of wings pale yellowish-buff, belly wliite, flanks asjiy. A distinct wliit(! super- 

 ciliary stripe; lower eyelid wliito. Peatliers of jugulum and sides witli asliy tips; greater 

 wing-coverts tipped witli whitisli ; bill yellowisli, upper uurndible and tip of lower tinged 

 with dusky; feet pale brown. Wing 5.10; tail 4.10; tarsus 1.20; middle toe and claw 

 1.07. LoM'er California ; resembling a young robin, but quite distinct. 



T. ili'acus. (Lat. iliacus, relating to the flanks, wliich are red. Fig. ll:!.) IIej>-'\\ix(;]:d 

 Thuqsh. Upper parts liair-brown with an olive shade, darker on the head, paler (jn the 

 rump. Wing-quills deep brown; coverts and inner secondaries tipped witli wliiTish. Tail 

 dark brown, the outer feather usually white-tippeil. Lore blackisli; eyeliils and superciliary 

 stripe wliitish; auriculars streaked with light and dark lirown. Throat yellowisli-wliite, 

 streaked with brownish-black; breast and belly grayish-wliite ; lower tail-coverts whitisli, 

 streaked with brown. Sides and under wing-coverts light red. Bill brownish-black, basal 

 half of lower mandible orange-yellow ; iris brown; feet flesh -colored. Sexes alike. Length 

 8.50; extent 14.00; wing 4.50; tail 3.50; bill 0.75; tarsus, or middle toe and claw, 1.15. 

 A European species, only N. American as occurring in (Greenland. TIh^ upper parts are 

 ahnost exactly like a robin's; the lower whitish, streaked witli dusky, tlie sides of the body 

 and lining of the wings bright chestnut. 



T. nse'vius. (Lat. ncevius, spotted, varied ; naviis, a birth-mark. Fig. 117.) Varied 

 Theush. Oregon Robin. <?, in summer: Entire upper parts dark slate-color, varying in 

 shade from a blackish to a plumbeous slate, in less perfect specimens with a slight olive tinge ; 

 wings and tail blackish, with more or less of plumbeous or (dive shade, according to the age of 

 the quills ; wing-coverts, greater and 

 lesser, tipped with orange-brown form- 

 ing two cross-bars, and quills edged in 

 two or three places with the same ; 

 quills also white at base on the inner 

 webs, this marking not visible from the 

 outside; one or several of the lateral 

 tail-feathers tipped with white, 

 broad black collar across the breast, 

 mounting on the side of the neck and 

 head. Stripe behind the eye, lower 

 eyelid, and under parts orange-brown, 

 gradually giving way to white on the 

 lower belly; vent and crissum mixed 

 white, orange-brown, and plumbeous. 

 Bill black ; feet and claws dull yellow- 

 ish. Length 9.50-10.00; extent about 

 16.00; wing 5.00; tail 3.75 ; biU 0.80; 

 tarsus, or middle toe and claw, 1.25. 

 9 , in summer : Upper parts olivaceous- 

 plumbeous (almost exactly the shade of the common robin in winter) ; wings and tail scarcely 

 darker; the pectoral coUar nan-ow, like the back in color; other under parts like those of 

 the $, but duller, paler, and rather rusty than orange-brown, with more white on the lower 

 belly. Markings of head, tail, and wings exactly as in the male. Young : Like the adult 9 . 

 Upper parts in many cases with a decided umber-brown wash. N(, gpe'i^.kled stage, like that 

 of tlie very young robin, has been observed, though August specimens have been examined. 

 In the young $, the black pectoral bar is at first indicated by interrupted blackish crescents 

 on individual feathers. Young ? 9 sometimes show scarcely a trace of the collar. At 

 all ages, the markings of the head and wings are much the same. Pacific coast region, Alaska 



Fig. 117. — Varied Thrush f Tanh'S ntcrius), nat. size. (Ad. 

 nat. del. E. 0.) 



