THE BIRD BOOK 
Wheatear 
763. Varied Thrush. Ixoreus ncevius 
ncevius. 
Range/ — Pacific coast from northern Califor- 
nia to Alaska; south to Mexico in winter. 
These 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 Greenish blue 
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. 
763a. Northern Varied Thrush. Ixoreus ncevius meruloides. 
Range. — Interior of western North America, breeding from British Columbia 
to Alaska. Its habits and eggs do not differ from those of the last. 
[764]. Siberian Red-SPOTTrd Bluetiiroat. Cyanosy l via suecica 
robust a. 
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. S axicola cenanthe cenantlie. 
Range. — Asia; casual in Alaska in summer; nesting habits and eggs like the 
next. 
765a. Greenland Wheatear. Saxicola 
cenanthe 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. 
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