WITH BROWN PREDOMINATING 309 



759 c. DWARF HERMIT THRUSH. — Hyhcichla guttata 



nana. 

 Family : The Thrushes, Solitaires^ Bluebirds, etc. 



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 Distrilmtion : 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: Lighter than a robin's, and unmarked. Size 0.83 X 0.63. 



(Young Ornithologist, Vol. I. p. 149.) 



This 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. Conistock, of Oakland, took 

 a nest of this species containing two eggs, in June, 1883, 

 at the Calaveras Big Trees. 



761 a. WESTERN ROBIN. — Merula migratoria propinqua. 

 Family : The Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, etc. 



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 Eocky Moun- 

 tains to Pacific. 



California Breeding Range: Along the higher Sierra Nevada south as 

 far as the San Bernardino mountains. 



