Plate CCCLXIX. Fig. 2, 3. Male. Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 6.
Female.
Male with the bill black, the upper parts deep leaden-grey, the head
darker; quills and tail-feathers dusky, the outer webs of the latter
tinged with grey, and their tips white; lore dusky; a band of
reddish-orange from over the fore part of the eye down the side of the
neck; two conspicuous bands of the same crossing the wing obliquely,
being formed by the tips of the first row of small coverts, and those
of the secondary coverts; outer webs of primary coverts about the
middle, a band on the primaries near the base, part of their outer
webs towards the end, and the tips of the secondaries pale
reddish-orange; lower parts light reddish-orange, paler behind; a band
of greyish-black passing down the side of the neck, and a belt of the
same crossing its lower part; feathers of the sides tipped with
bluish-grey; those of the middle of the abdomen white; lower
tail-coverts tipped with white; axillar feathers white, tipped with
grey, smaller coverts grey, tipped with reddish-white; primary coverts
grey, secondary nearly white. Female similar, with the upper parts
tinged with olive-brown, the reddish-orange bands much paler, the
tail-feathers margined with dull reddish-brown; a band on the lore
down the sides of the neck and across it light greyish-brown; the
orange tints of the lower parts much paler.
_Male_, 10-1/2, wing, 5-1/4. _Female_, 10, wing, 5-2/12.
Columbia River, North California, and Fur Countries. Abundant.
Migratory.
Orpheus meruloides, Thrush-like Mock-Bird, Swains. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 187.
Varied Thrush, Turdus nævius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 489;
v. v. p. 284.