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consider them worthy of specific separation." Sharpe was on the 

 point of describing it, however, in the winter of 1898, but was antici- 

 pated by the publication of Mr. Bangs' name, based on two specimens 

 secured at Macotama by Mr. Brown. Later this collector secured a 

 considerable series of specimens from sundry other localities in the 

 Sierra Nevada. The fine series secured by the junior author amply 

 confirm the characters ascribed to this form, which differs so strik- 

 ingly, indeed, from the other members of the group as to justify its 

 being raised to specific rank. 



There is one bird (No. 37,952, San Lorenzo, July 22) in juvenal 

 dress, the spots below being arranged in the forms of bars, on a buffy 

 ground. 



This handsome large thrush is found from the Subtropical through 

 the Temperate Zone in the Sierra Nevada, or from 5,000 up to 12,000 

 feet, wherever conditions are suitable, as well as on the San Lorenzo 

 from 7,000 feet upwards, in places where the mountain has been de- 

 nuded of forest, and a semi-paramo condition exists. It is not found 

 in the forest, but rather in open grassy places where scattered shrubs 

 and stunted trees are growing, and in tracts of shrubbery and bushes 

 interspersed with small open spots. In the early morning the birds 

 come out in the open and become very active, also late in the eve- 

 ning, or when the mountain mists have blotted out the landscape, but 

 they are almost never seen during the heat of the day. They hop 

 about on the ground a great deal, hunting for worms, as does our 

 Robin, and their song is very similar also. 



367. Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens (Stephens). 



Hylocichla fuscescens Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 182 



(Bonda). — Allen, Auk, XVII, 1900, 367 (Bonda). 

 Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 



1907, 64 (Bonda, in range; references). 



One specimen : Bonda. 



In all probability the Wilson Thrush is a winter resident in this 

 region, although so far the only records for its occurrence fall in the 

 month of October, beginning with October 5. These all pertain to 

 specimens taken at Bonda by Mr. Smith, and which appear referable 

 to the typical eastern race. 



