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Fresno, and Redlands); and casually northwestern Lower California 

 (Laguna Hanson and Rancho San Pablo) . South casually to northern 

 Lower California (Rancho San Pablo). West to the Pacific coast of 

 Lower California (Guadalupe Island, casually); California (Witch 

 Creek, San Diego County, San Clemente Island, and Santa Barbara, 

 San Francisco); Oregon (Coquille, Newport, and Astoria); Wash- 

 ington (Cape Disappointment and Port Townsend) ; British Columbia 

 (southern Vancouver Island and Vancouver) ; and southeastern Alaska 

 (Craig). In migration the varied thrush has been found in southern 

 California in Death Valley and east of the Mojave Desert and may 

 occur in winter farther east than the range as outlined. 



The above ranges apply to the entire species, of which two subspecies 

 or geographic races are recognized. The Pacific varied thrush (I. n. 

 nadvius) occurs in the coastal region from Kodiak Island, Alaska, to 

 northern California and eastward to the Cascades ; the northern varied 

 thrush (/. n. meruloides) occurs from northern Alaska and Mackenzie 

 through eastern British Columbia to northwestern Montana, northern 

 Idaho, eastern Washington, and northeastern Oregon. 



Migration. — Many varied thrushes move only from the mountains 

 to the valleys for the winter, others make longer migrations. Some 

 late dates of spring departure are: Lower California — Guadalupe 

 Island, March 4. California — Berkeley, April 11. Oregon — Port- 

 land, April 21. Montana — Missoula, April 16. 



Some early dates of spring arrival are: Idaho — Coeur d'Alene, 

 March 8. Montana — Missoula, March 9. Alberta — Banff, March 

 12. British Columbia — Atlin, April 24. Yukon — Dawson, May 25. 

 Alaska — Fairbanks, April 28. 



Some late dates of fall departure are: Alaska — Alatna, September 

 11. Wrangell, October 19. Yukon — Forty-mile, September 12. 

 Alberta — Edberg, October 10. Montana — Fortine, October 24. 

 Idaho — Priest River, November 8. 



Some early dates of fall arrival are: British Columbia — Atlin, Sep- 

 tember 1. Oregon — Portland, September 18. Nevada — Fallon, 

 November 3. California — Diablo, October 31. Lower California — 

 Laguna Hanson, November 17. 



Casual records. — In migration the varied thrush has been found, 

 (usually in company with robins) far east of the normal range: Alberta, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico. Farther 

 east the following occurrences have been recorded: Maniconagan, 

 Quebec, a specimen collected on August 28, 1890; a specimen collected 

 near Port Jefferson, Long Island, on December 20, 1889; one at Islip, 

 Long Island, "in fall"; a specimen at Miller's Place, Long Island, on 

 November 19, 1905; one seen almost daily at Richmond, N. Y., from 



