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Island, and Little Mecatine) ; and Newfoundland (Lewis Hills, South 

 Brook, and St. John's). East to Newfoundland (St. John's); Nova 

 Scotia (Jestico Island and Halifax); New Brunswick (Scotch Lake); 

 Maine (Machias and Ellsworth), and the Atlantic Coast States south 

 to northern New Jersey (Plainfield and Bernardsville) ; Pennsylvania 

 (Scranton, Cresson, and rarely near Philadelphia); and south in the 

 mountains to northern Georgia (Brasstown Bald) ; there are at least 

 two records of breeding at Washington, D. C. South to extreme north- 

 ern Georgia (Brasstown Bald) ; southeastern Kentucky (Black Moun- 

 tain) ; northern Ohio (Youngstown, Oberlin, Sandusky, and Toledo) ; 

 northern Indiana (Sedan); northern Illinois (Lacon, casually, and 

 Chicago) ; northern Iowa at least formerly (McGregor and Spirit 

 Lake); North Dakota, uncommon (Fort Rice and Oakdale); south- 

 eastern Wyoming (Torrington and Cheyenne) ; central southern 

 Colorado (Fort Garland) ; northern Utah (Provo River and Salt Lake 

 County) ; extreme northern Nevada (Mountain City) ; and north- 

 eastern Oregon (Enterprise, Fossil, and Prineville). West to cen- 

 tral northern Oregon (Prineville and Rock Creek) ; central Washing- 

 ton (Yakima, Naches, and Coulee Dam) ; and south-central British 

 Columbia (Kamloops, Bonaparte, Lac la Hache, and the head of 

 Crooked River). 



Winter range. — Very little is known of the winter home of this 

 species, but it seems to be principally in southern Brazil. It has 

 been recorded in winter as far south and west as Chapada and Sao 

 Vicente in Matto Grosso and as far east as Santarem on the Amazon. 

 Several specimens have been taken at Chapada, one of which has 

 been considered identical with specimens from Newfoundland. The 

 species is reported to be a "winter visitor" to British Guiana but 

 without definite localities or dates. All records to date from Co- 

 lombia are in October and therefore cannot be considered winter. 



The recording of this species at Fort Brown, Tex., on January 1, 

 1877, by Dr. J. C. Merrill was evidently an error, as his published 

 report gives no indication that the record was based on a specimen. 



The ranges as traced are for the whole species of which three sub- 

 species or geographic races are recognized. The typical race, the 

 veery or Wilson's thrush (H. j. fuscescens) breeds from southern 

 Ontario and Quebec southward and west to Indiana; the Newfound- 

 land veery (H. j. juliginosa) breeds in Newfoundland; the willow 

 thrush (H. j. salicicola) breeds from Manitoba and Wisconsin 

 westward. 



Migration. — Some late dates of spring departure are: British 

 Guiana — Camakusa, April 12. Cuba, Habana, May 4. Florida — 

 Tortugas, May 22. Georgia — Athens, May 10. North Carolina — 

 Chapel Hill, May 23. Louisiana — New Orleans, May 22. Mis- 



