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

by Charles K. Reed

WESTERN ROBIN.

761a. Planesticus migratorius propinquus. 10½ inches.

Range.—West of the Rockies, from British Columbia to Mexico. This is not the familiar bird that is found in the east, but is very secluded, and its song is seldom heard. Nest is made of leaves, grass and twigs, plastered with mud. Four greenish blue eggs (1.15 × .80).