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

by Charles K. Reed

GRINNELL WATER THRUSH.

675a. Seiurus noveboracensis. 5½ inches.

Range.—From Alaska to Mexico, breeding in the northern portions. They are a quiet bird, solitary in habits, nesting in stumps near the ground or among roots of fallen trees. Four white eggs, spotted and blotched with brown and lilac (.80 × .60).