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and we secured several, but they were very shy, keeping in the 

 thickets during the day and singing several hours in the evening 

 from the topmost spray of some spruce well up on the mountain 

 side. Several thrushes nests in small spruces six or eight feet 

 from the ground w^ere empty, for which condition the abundant 

 red squirrels were probably responsible. At Log Cabin and Ben- 

 net we heard a few singing and at Cariboo Crossing, B.C. lat. 60°, 

 Osgood took one, June 27th. {Bishnj).) 



7r)9a. Audubon Hermit Thrush. 



Hylocichla guttata auduboni (Baird) Brewster. 1902. 



This species was not observed during the survey until the close 

 of the second season, when specimens were taken in the Rocky 

 mountains near Chief Mountain lake, under circumstances that 

 left no doubt of its breeding in the vicinity. {Coues.) Common 

 summer resident in thick woods on Sophie mountain at an altitude 

 of 4,400 feet, on the International Boundary, B.C., in 1902; in 

 July, 1897, this form was found in the Rocky mountains, south of 

 Calgary; and in August in Crow Nest pass; rather rare at Elko, 

 B.C., in May, 1904. Taken at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 

 28th, 1891; one seen at Elko, May loth, 1904, not rare near 

 Nelson, B.C., in 1 890 ; common on the mountains between Skagit 

 river and Chilliwack lake in 1905 : July 15th, found a nest in a 

 balsam tree about 5 feet from the ground with four young nearl}^ 

 ready to fly; nest rather bulky, made of moss. (Spreadhorough.) 

 Many, perhaps most of the references above should go to H. G. 

 (Esquoiensis.) 



759a. Hermit Thrush. 



Hylocichla guttata pallasii (Cab.) Howe. 1901. 



Observed only twice, July 4th and 24th, 1896, both times in the 

 interior of the peninsula of Labrador; rare. {Spreadhorough.), A 

 male taken at Chateau bay, eastern Labrador, July 14th, 1891. 

 (Norton.) A common visitor in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) An 

 abundant summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Abundant 

 summer resident in Nova Scotia. H. F. Tufts. One individual was 

 seen after a gale on October 23rd, 1902, on Sable island, N.S. ; 



