J Crowley 1941 Rusty-backed Thrush May 19 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif. 7:00 A.M. 1/2 mile from beach at edge of road leading east through canyon, 25 yards from creek, at margin of thimble brush brush and grassland. One individual caught by hand Tuba in Museum specie mouse traps. Apparently it had strug- gled to free itself for the wings were wrapped about the bases of the tiny bushes and 2 feathers (one bone) soft down were lying on the ground. She looked about the size, or slightly larger than, a hermit thrush, with a rust brown look, whole but rust streaked breast. Habitat riparion.