TOWNSEND SOLITAIRE. 
754. Myadestes townsendi. 9 inches. 
Range. —From British Columbia to southern California, 
through the western United States. They nest at high alti¬ 
tudes among the mountain tops, placing their nest upon the 
ground, among the rocks along the mountain streams. They 
build a large, loosely constructed nest of roots and twigs, 
lined with pine needles and moss, in which they lay their 
four or five white eggs, spotted with shades of brown more 
about the larger end (.96x.70). 
WILLOW THRUSH. 
756a. Hylociclda fuscescens salicicola. 7 1 /2 inches. 
Range. —Western United States from British Columbia to 
southern California. It breeds and is quite abundant in the 
foothills and canyons of the mountain ranges. It is a west¬ 
ern form of the common eastern “Veery,” and its breeding 
habits are the same, nesting in an old stump on or near the 
ground, making the nest of grasses and leaves, usually quite 
bulky. They lay four unspotted bluish green eggs (.90 x.65). 
Their song is peculiar and not as attractive as others of the 
Thrush family. 
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