The New International Encyclopædia/Oregon Robin

OREGON ROBIN. A thrush (Merula nævia) of the Columbia River Valley and northward, which is closely related to the Eastern robin (Merula migratoria), but very different in colors. It is dark bluish slate above, and orange-brown below, with a line of black from the bill backward below the eye and along the side of the neck, whence it curves forward into a broad, crescentic band across the breast. The bird breeds in British Columbia and Alaska, makes a strong nest in bushes, and lays eggs colored light greenish blue, and distinctly marked and spotted with blackish brown. It has a sweet song.