Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

ALASKAN YELLOW TAIL.

696. Budytes flavus alascensis. 6½ inches.

Range.—Alaska and Bering Sea in summer, where they are fairly common on the islands and coast. They nest on the ground, under or beside stones and in bunches of grass; it is made of roots and grasses, lined with moss and animal fur. They lay from four to six white eggs, thickly covered with spots of brown (.75 × .55).