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A nest coutuiuiug three eggs was found on July 12 in tlie dense pine 

 forest surrounding Butte Lake, near Mount Lassen. It was built iu 

 a cavity in the splintered end of a pine log, wliich, having fallen across 

 A bowlder, was raised about 5 feet above the ground. I passed close 

 by and would not have noticed the neat had not-the sitting bird taken 

 flight. A projecting piece of bark sheltered it perfectly. 



This nest was composed almost entirely of pine needles, with a slight , 

 base of pine twigs. There was no perceptible lining, unless the decayed 

 and broken needles upon which the eggs rested could be called such. 

 The eggs measure .90 by .70, .90 by .72, and .92 by .70. They are uni- 

 formly but rather faintly marked with reddish-brown upon a whitish 

 ground color. This was probably rather late breeding for this species. 



Late iu July I found a specimen of this bird frozen in the snow and 

 ice which filled the crater of the extinct volcano of Shasta. It is but 

 rarely that a passerine bird ascends so high. The finding of its frozen 

 form recalled the passage relating to the bird that " wandereth from its 

 iiest." 



Turdus aonalaschkae Gmel. Dwarf Hermit Thrush. 



First seen on the southern slope of Mount Shasta on July 25, 1883. 

 My catalogue of specimens shows but four of this species from the in- 

 terior region, specimens having been taken on the Lower jMcCloud early 

 in October, and at Eed Bluft" on May 12 and December 24. On the 

 coast of Humboldt County it^was rather numerous in the fall. 



The Dwarf Thrush usually frequents the dense pine woods or the 

 shady gulches, and is always near the ground. 



Turdus aonalaschkae auduboni (Baird). Juduhon's Hermit Thrush. 



Found only in the northeastern part of the State. The important fact 

 of this Eocky Mountain species breeding on the eastern slope of the 

 Sierras was ascertained by Mr. Henshaw, who found it very abundant 

 iu the mountains near Fort Bidwell iu July. 



Merula migratoria propinqua Kidgw. Western Eohin. 



More common in the cultivated valleys than elsewhere, but never 

 abundant asEobins are in the long-settled sections of the Eastern States. 

 Stragglers were met with iu the foot-hills of Shasta County at all sea- 

 sons of the year. The first nest was found at the United States fishery 

 May 21. It was high up on the horizontal limb of a " live oak" by the 

 river and contained four eggs. Specimens were obtained in the mount- 

 ains along McCloud Eiver iu January, and on the timber line of Mount 

 Shasta in August. 



During the summer of 1885 I found the eastern form of thcEobin and 

 the Varied Thrush associating among the dwarf pines of the JCowak 

 Eiver region iu Northern Alaska. 



Hesperociclila iicEvia (GnieL). Varied Thrush. 



I first s;iw the Varied Thrush while " a hunting of the deer " along the 

 Lower McClou«l Eiver early in November, 188;), often finding it loitering 



