THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 499 
Auk, XII, 1-11, also 274 (winter _roosts).—1898. Hows, R. H., Jr., Auk, 
zea ee (nesting).—1905. Herricx, F. H., Home Life of Wild Birds, 
761b. P. m. achrusterus (Batch.). SourHzrn Rosin. Smaller than 
a Ag magratortus, colors in general much lighter and duller. W., 4°80; T., 
Range.—SE. U. 8. Breeds in s. part of Carolinian fauna from s. Ill. 
and Md. to n. Miss., n. Ga., and S. C. 
The Variep TurusH (763. Izoreus nevius nevius), a species of western 
North America, has been recorded from Quebec, Massachusetts, Long Is- 
land, and New Jersey. 
765a. Saxicola enanthe leucorhoa (Gmel.). GREENLAND WHEATEAR. 
Ad. #.—Upperparts light gray; forehead and upper tail-coverts white; 
cheeks and wings black; the basal two-thirds of the tail white, the end 
black; underparts whitish, more or less washed with buffy. Ad. 9.—Sim- 
ilar, but duller, the black grayer, the white parts more buffy. Ad. :n winter 
and Im.—Upperparts cinnamon-brown, wings edged with lighter; upper tail- 
coverts and base of the tail white; end of the tail black, tipped with buffy; 
underparts ochraceous-buff. L., 6°25; W., 4°00; T., 2°20; B., °50. 
Range.—NE. Arctic Am. Breeds in Arctic zone from Ellesmere Land 
and Boothia Penninsula e. to Greenland and Iceland, and s. to n. Ungava; 
winters in w. Africa, migrating through the British Isles and France; casual 
in paemuee to Keewatin, Ont., N. B., Que., N. Y., Bermuda, La., and 
Cuba. : 
Nest, of moss and grasses, usually in crevices among rocks. Eggs, 4-7, 
bluish white, ‘81 x °59. Date, Holsteinborg, Greenland, June 8. 
This European species is a common summer resident in Greenland. 
It has been found nesting in Labrador, and there is evidence of its 
having bred at Godbout, Province of Quebec (Merriam, Auk, 1885, 
p. 305; Comeau, tbid., 1890, p. 294). South of these points it is of acci- 
dental occurrence. 
Mr. Saunders writes: “From early spring onward the Wheatear is 
to be seen, jerking its white tail as it flits along, uttering its sharp chack, 
chack, on open downs, warrens, and the poorer land; ascending the 
mountains almost to the highest summits. . . . 
“The song of the male is rather pretty, and the bird also displays 
considerable powers of imitating other species.” 
766. Sialia sialis sialis (Linn.). BLumpinp, (Figs. 1, 76b.) Ad. a— 
Upperparts, wings, and tail bright blue, tipped with rusty in the fall; throat, 
breast, and sides dull cinnamon-rufous; belly white. Ad. ¢.—Upperparts 
with a grayish tinge; throat, breast, and sides paler. Nestling.—Back 
spotted with whitish; the breast feathers margined with fuscous. L., 7:01; 
W., 393; T., 2°58; B., “47. 
Range.—E. N. Am. Breeds from lower Canadian to Lower Austral 
zone from s. Man., n. Ont., s. Que., and N. F., s. tos. Tex., the Gulf coast, 
and s. Fla.; casually w. to base of the Rocky Mts. in Mont., Wyo., and Colo.; 
winters from s. Ills., and s. N. Y., southward. 
Washington, common 8. R., and W. V. Ossining, common P. R. Cam- 
bridge, common S. R., Mch. 6-Nov. 1; more numerous during migrations, 
in Mch. and Nov. N. Ohio, common §. R., Feb. 17—Nov. 18; a few winter. 
Glen Ellyn, fairly common S. R., Feb. 19-Nov. 18. SE. Minn., common 
S. R., Mch. 16-Oct. 31. 
Nest, of grasses, in hollow trees or bird-houses. Eggs, 4-6, bluish white, 
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