Tiie Varied Thrushes 
olives at st-a-level; lace-winged flics am. 1 n, • t: ic<- at timberline— 
these - an epicure for you! 
A. 0. i Xc. lioreuN tja»v'ai. i n tev>us t'.boolin). 
Synon> we * tv- Ron; V. vie, Hoi>:n. Oregon Robin. Cot. cm • 
Bi '.x Robin \’Aai:o< Robin. Painted Robin 
Oescr-jiiTon ; • male: Above Auk -Lite-color (plumbeous slate to blackish 
in winter, tingei » :• h olivaceous; wings dusky, edged more 
-i ■ •• a.: • ' i: d iylu -feathers varied ply by ochraceous-buff, the middle and 
i teat: s • . v oi-i-d broadly w ith tawny or oehraccous, forming two conspicuous bars; 
1 - the outer most of several lateral rec trices tipped with white on inner web: 
a conspicuoi. he.ul-stripe, originating sbovt eye and passing backward to nape, 
<<dv or - I area on sides r-i head, including lores, suborbital space, 
and.::. . i, -l.i i y biack, conneeie: ion wl r.ri side of neck with a conspicu¬ 
ous ; i ■ •: it. : .0 ihv me shade; chin, tbvu . an 1 remaining underparts tawnv- 
och: icini! t: • •::<•.i u> <Lep mars yellow.), paliog on •••ides and Hanks, where feathers 
broadly ma. d • p.i: slaty-gray, changing o v.bite on abdomen: under tail-coverts 
mingled wide. ... and ochraceo.i-i: ;i.\iMars and nd r \ ing-coverts white basally, 
broadly tipped w ijh ' 
band of white or btt 
legs ochre-brown; irides I 
feathers crossed basally by 
■H;. o', mandible; feet and 
nduit ‘male, but paler and 
Male and female, about J4 life size 
From a mater-color painting by Major Allan Brooks 
peel oral ••ollar narrower—of the shade of bm-k or a little darker; more extensively 
white abdomen. 1'.,,,,,., birds: Like adult !■ male, but browner, washed with warm 
sepia above; more yellowish orhrnceous b. low ; pi i • w! band broader and less distinctly 
oefiuod, compose!: of ochraec us fe:;'her- 1: wing darker edges; other feathers of throat 
-id breast 'nore or less lipped with olive Husky. Length of adult 241-254 (9.50- 
10.00); wing 125 ('4.92); tail 07 (3.45); bill 21 (.83); tarsus 22 (.87). 
Recognition Marks.— Rubin size.- blackish band across chest distinctive; 
'• '■■■■■■ i: ‘.-tv varied by tawny markings, dead pattern distinctive—otherwise 
•■ erx Robin-like in bearing and deportment. 
Nc.-<rit»g. - - v e st: Ui Micks twigs, grasses, and rot ten wood, smothered in moss; 
• • -u ’ructure, placed in saplings or tiees at moderate heights, without 
"1 t o,< iv. nsu.iilj ,. rarei\ 4; pale to light niagara green, sparing- 
;'••• ! or spotted, rareh blotched, with chocolate and its dilutions. Av. size 
■ -’-i . 1 i(> •: .83). Season: April 20-May xo, June io-Julv 1: two broods. 
Range of Ixoreus nav-ius .-—Western North America. 
Ranke *1 i.n. ft«.<•.- - I'!;*. ■ :.d d>- ! '; breeding from Yakutat Bay, 
;! iiir.boMt . w miing front southern Alaska to 
