Townsend’s Solitaire 515 
at Under-parts plain reddish, only the throat streaked. 
Planesticus, p. 523. 
bt Under-parts white or buffy-white. 
a? Base of the tail white contrasting with terminal portion. 
Saxicola, p. 525. 
b? Base of the tail never white, under-parts spotted. 
Hylocichla, p. 517. 
Genus MYADESTES. 
Bill short, widened, flattened and depressed at the base; wings 
long and pointed, the outer primary short, less than half the length 
of the next ; tail long though not exceeding the wing, doubly rounded, 
the outer and central feathers shorter than the intermediate ones ; 
feet rather weak ; tarsus booted with « single long scute before and 
behind ; plumage of adult chiefly plain grey, of young spotted. 
A purely American genus with only one species in the United States. 
Townsend’s Solitaire. Myadestes townsendi. 
A.O.U. Checklist no 754—Colorado Records—Allen 72, p. 161; 
Aiken 72, p. 198 ; Trippe 74, p. 95; Henshaw 75, p. 231; Lamb 77, 
p. 77; Scott 79, p. 93; Drew 81, p. 15; Stone 82, p. 191; 84, p. 20; 
Allen & Brewster 83, p. 160; Coues 83, p. 239; Beckham 85, p. 140; 
87, p. 125; W. G. Smith 86, p. 25; Morrison 88, p. 71; Kellogg 90, 
p. 89; Lowe 94, p. 270; McGregor 97, p. 39 ; Cooke 97, pp. 19, 124, 
169, 223 ; Keyser 02, p. 298 ; Henderson 03, p. 237 ; 09, p. 241 ; Warren 
06, p. 24; 08, p. 26; Gilman 07, p. 195; Rockwell 08, p. 179 ; Cary 
09, p. 185. 
Description.—Male—Above slaty-grey, becoming duskier on the 
wings and tail ; basal portion of the inner primaries and of the second- 
aries ochraceous-buff, concealed when the wing is closed, but forming 
@ conspicuous band when the wing is spread ; outer pair of tail-feathers 
white on the terminal half of the outer web, and tipped on the inner 
web with the same ; second pair with a smaller white tip ; below slaty- 
grey, but paler than the upper-parts ; iris dark brown, bill and legs 
black. Length 7-85; wing 4-60; tail 4-0; culmen -50; tarsus -80. 
The female resembles the male, but is slightly smaller—wing 4.45 ; 
young birds have the upper-parts, except the wings and tail-feathers, 
conspicuously spotted with buff, and most of the feathers edged with 
black ; below pale buff, the feathers margined with dusky. 
Distribution.—Western North America, breeding from Alaska south 
to the mountains of Zacatecas in Mexico, and from the coast ranges 
of the Pacific to North Dakota and western Texas; wintering from 
Oregon southward. 
KK 2 
