744 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



sula, July 5th, 1901, extends the breeding range of this form. 

 Several seen on Kenai during the summer. A nest containing two 

 fresh eggs was found the latter part of June. (Figgins.) 



Breeding Notes. — At Edmonton, Alta., on May 31st, 1897, I 

 found what I took to be an olive-back's nest. It was built upon 

 the top of a willow stump that had been chopped off about six- 

 teen inches from the ground. I saw the bird leave the nest and 

 tried to get a shot, but she was too wary. I shot a male near the 

 nest at the time. The nest was composed of weeds lined with 

 dry grass, eggs four, blue and quite fresh. June nth found an- 

 other nest and four eggs in the fork of a willow about four feet 

 from the ground; nest composed of weeds and dirt, lined with dry 

 grass; eggs light-blue with brownish spots. (Spreadborough.) At 

 Lake Nominingue, about 100 miles north of Ottawa, this thrush 

 takes the place of Wilson's thrush. On July ist, 1901, a nest with 

 two young birds was found in a maple tree, six feet from the 

 ground. It was made of grass and green moss and lined with 

 dry leaves and rootlets; nest 4 by 3 and 2.60 x 2. (Garneau.) A 

 nest found June i6th, 1902, at Scotch Lake, York co., N.B., had 

 four fresh eggs. Nest composed of twigs and moss, lined with 

 skeleton leaves, 30 feet up in a tall spruce, and eight feet out on 

 the limb. (W. H. Moore.) 



759. Kadiak Hermit Thrush. 



Hylocichla guttata guttata (Pallas) Brewster. 1902. 



Two male birds in fresh fall plumage were taken at Hope, Cook 

 inlet, August 26th and 29th respectively; these are very olivaceous 

 on the upper parts and agree with a bird taken at Circle City, 

 Alaska, August i8th, 1899. |The above specimens are considered 

 verecunda by Mr. Osgood. j Two specimens were taken at Hope 

 and Tyonek, Cook inlet, Alaska, September 7th and 14th res- 

 pectively. These are in fresh fall plumage and are somewhat more 

 olivaceous than fall birds from Kadiak. (Osgood.) Mr. Osgood 

 considers the latter true aonalaschkcB and cites Kadiak island as the 

 home of the type. (Macoun.) 



We heard several singing at Skagway, and Osgood took one at 

 Haines, June 2nd, 1899. At Glacier they were tolerably common. 



