THE BIRD BOOK 



Wheatear 



76'3. Varied Thrush. Lrvrcus ncuvius 

 nievius. 



Range. — Pacific coast from northern Califor- 

 nia to Alasl^a; soiitli to IVIexico in winter. 



Tliese 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 

 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. 



Greenish l>]ue 



763n. NonTHERN V.vniED Thrush. Ixoreuk nwv 



eruloides. 



Range. — Interior of western Nortlr America, breeding from British Columbia 

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



Cyanosylvia suecica 



[76'i]. Siberian Red-spotted Bluethroat. 

 rohusta. 



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 ocnanthe. 



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

 next. 



765a. Greenland Wheatear. Saxicola 

 CFnanfhe 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 

 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. 



Pale greenish blue 



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