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form also would be found on the adjacent Kenai Peninsula. We 

 found varied thrushes to be common at Port Chatham, Kenai 

 Peninsula, May 6, 1936. One was seen in the driftwood on the 

 beach of Ushagat, Barren Islands, May 11, where there is only 

 a trace of forest growth. We saw them at Seward on May 21, 

 1937, and on Kodiak Island, May 12, 1936, varied thrushes ap- 

 peared to be the most common bird. Several were noted on 

 Afognak, May 13 and September 2, and Cahalane and Gabrielson 

 found them to be abundant on Afognak in 1940. 



Ixoreus naevius meruloides 



A number of specimens are available in the National Museum 

 from the Bristol Bay region. C. L. McKay obtained 2 specimens 

 10 miles below Lake Alleknagik and 1 on the Nushagak River 

 in 1881. J. W. Johnson obtained 1 at Nushagak in 1885, and 

 G. D. Hanna obtained 2 at Nushagak and 1 on the Kakwok River 

 in 1911. All these specimens are referable to meruloides and 

 furnish another example of how the eastern and northern avi- 

 fauna extends to the base of Alaska Peninsula. 



Osgood (1904) noted two of these birds on the Kakhtul River, 

 and Gabrielson found varied thrushes to be common at Dilling- 

 ham on July 17, 1940. 



Hylocichla guttata: Hermit Thrush 

 Hylocichla guttata guttata 



A number of specimens of the Alaska hermit thrush are in the 

 National Museum, including a good series from Kodiak, one each 

 from Hope and Tyonek, Cook Inlet, and others from Lake Clark, 

 Nushagak, Kukak Bay, Chugachik Bay, King Cove, and Frosty 

 Peak. Hine (1919) obtained a specimen at Katmai Bay on July 

 25, 1919. Thus, the range of this thrush is established for the 

 length of Alaska Peninsula. 



The species has also been observed by various naturalists. In 

 1940, Gabrielson found these birds to be very common on Afognak 

 Island, and he noted two or three at Chignik Bay. Howell (1948) 

 records 6 nests with eggs at Kodiak Island from June 9 to July 

 4, 1944 — one nest with 3 eggs, one nest with 5 eggs, and four 

 nests with 4 each. We observed several of these birds at Kodiak 

 and Afognak Islands on May 12 and 13, 1936, and, on May 11, 

 we found two or three birds on Ushagat, Barren Islands, on a 

 high slope where the principal vegetation is crowberry. On May 

 15, 1936, many of these thrushes were singing among the alders 



