BIRDS OF WEST VIRGINIA — WETMORE 423 



HYLOCICHLA GUTTATA FAXONI Bangs and Penard 



Eastern Hermit Thrush 



Common and widely distributed in migration, as indicated by the 

 following specimens: 2 miles east of White Sulphur Springs, April 18 

 5 miles east of Huntington, April 20 ; 12 miles north of Logan, April 22 

 Zela, May 7; Gilboa, October 12; Orgas, Boone County, October 24 

 and 3,500 feet on WilHams River, October 8. A female was collected 

 at 3,300 feet in the Cranberry Glades on June 11, marking a breeding 

 record at this point. 



HYLOCICHLA USTULATA SWAINSONI (Tschudi) 



Olive-backed Thrush 



In migration this widely distributed bird was taken on Pine Creek 

 near Enon on May 8; at 3,800 feet on Cheat Mountain above Cheat 

 Bridge, September 26; at 4,600 feet on Spruce Knob, September 22; 

 and at 3,000 feet on WilUams River, Pocahontas County, October 3. 

 A female was taken on Cheat Mountain 3 miles west of Cheat Bridge 

 on June 24, indicating that this thrush breeds in that locality. One 

 was seen in the Cranberry Glades on May 9, but at this date it may 

 have been a migrant individual. 



HYLOCICHLA MINIMA ALICIAE (Baird) 



Gray-cheeked Thrush 



An immature male was taken at an elevation of 3,500 feet on 

 Wilhams River in Pocahontas County, October 8. The wing measures 

 107.5 mm. 



HYLOCICHLA FUSCESCENS FUSCESCENS (Stephens) 



Veert 



In spring one was taken at Fourteen, April 28. During summer one 

 male was secured on Cheat Mountain, 5 miles northwest of Cheat 

 Bridge, June 26, and another on Middle Moimtain 11 miles northeast 

 of Durbin, July 2. These thrushes are fairly common through the 

 m.ountain area but are shy and difficult to see. 



SIALIA SIALIS SIALIS (Linnaeus) 



Eastern Bluebird 



Distributed universally through the State. Specimens were taken 

 at the following localities; Ash ton, October 31 ; Barboursville, Novem- 

 ber 3; Mercers Bottom, November 2; Orgas, October 24; Gilboa, 

 Nicholas County, May 15 and October 12; Grantsville, May 20; 

 Phihppi, June 1 and 2; 3,300 feet elevation in the Cranberry Glades, 

 June 16; Middle Mountain, northeast of Durbin, June 30 and July 3 

 (one fully grown but in juvenal dress); and 3,000 feet elevation on 

 Flat Top Mountain, near Flat Top, October 20. 



