. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 240 BIRDS OF AMERICA feathers with a whitish spot at tip of inner web (largest on the outside feathers) ; a conspicuous stripe above ears of tawny, extending from middle of upper eyelid (sometimes from above lores) to nape; lores below eyes and sides of head uniform slate-black; cheeks, chin, throat, and breast uniform taivny, the chest crossed by rarely interrupted band of slate-black, the feathers sometimes margined with a more slaty hue; sides and flanks similar in color to breast but paler, the feathers broadly margined with olivaceous slate-gra
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 240 BIRDS OF AMERICA feathers with a whitish spot at tip of inner web (largest on the outside feathers) ; a conspicuous stripe above ears of tawny, extending from middle of upper eyelid (sometimes from above lores) to nape; lores below eyes and sides of head uniform slate-black; cheeks, chin, throat, and breast uniform taivny, the chest crossed by rarely interrupted band of slate-black, the feathers sometimes margined with a more slaty hue; sides and flanks similar in color to breast but paler, the feathers broadly margined with olivaceous slate-gray; abdomen, white; under tail-coverts brownish-slate-gray basally, extensively white terminally, the white usually sutifuseJ with tawny; under wing-coverts white basally, broadly slate-gray terminally; inner webs of wing , crossed by a broad basal band of pale buffy; bill, brownish-black; iris, brown. Adult Female; Aluch duller in coloration than the adult male; upper parts varying from olivaceous slate-gray to brownish-olive (still browner on crown) ; the markings on wings and tail as in the male; tawny color of under parts paler; the band across chest indistinct and never (?) uniform blackish or slate color — usually with feathers dusky centrally (more or less concealed), margined with dull buffy-grayish; white of rear under parts usually (?) relatively more extended than in male. Nest and Eggs.—Nest; Placed in low bushes always on or near the banks of a stream; it is rather large for the bird; the foundation is a carefully con- structed arrangement of interlaced slender twigs; upon this base is erected the main structure of closely interwoven fine grasses, moss and long gray lichens. Eggs : Usually 4, pale greenish-blue, sparsely spotted with dark umber-brown. Distribution.— Western North America; breeding from northern California, northward to the limit of spruce forests in northern Alaska; the eastern breeding limit is unascertained, but probably includes th
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