GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. 
757. Hylocichla alicce. 7V 2 inches. 
R ange< —F r0 m British Columbia northward, and winters 
south to Mexico. Their nests are placed on or near the ground 
in a stump or tussock, usually in very moist places, and are 
composed largely of leaves and mosses. Their three or four 
eggs are a bluish green, spotted and blotched with reddish 
brown (.88x.64). 
RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH. 
758. Hylocichla ustulata. 7V 2 inches. 
Range. —From Alaska to Central America, breeding in the 
northern part, in Oregon and Alaska. Their nests are made 
and placed usually the same as the above, the eggs being of 
the same size, but of a lighter color. The Thrushes feed 
on small insect life and many of the small fruits and 
berries 
OLIVED-BACKED THRUSH. 
758a. Hylocichla u. swainsoni. 7 r / 2 inches. 
Range. —North America, breeding on the western coast in 
Alaska, Oregon, California and Colorado. Their nesting habits, 
eggs and song are the same as the Russet-backed (not il¬ 
lustrated). 
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