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Hylocichla fuscescens (Steph.). 
WItson’s THRUSH. 
Rare summer resident in southern part. 
The only record of this species for Labrador is by Audubon (’35, 
p. 362). He says: ‘‘On the 20th of July, while in the latter country 
(Labrador], I saw the young of this species following their mother. 
They were then almost full grown, and could fly a hundred yards or 
so at atime. By the 12th of August none were seen, although during 
my stay they were as common as any other bird.” 
Brewster (’84, p. 368) closely observed a pair at Ellis Bay on the 
island of Anticosti, a few miles south of the Labrador region. 
Hylocichla aliciae (Baird). 
ALICE’s THRUSH. 
Common summer resident; rare in the northern portions. 
Stearns says this bird is everywhere abundant in the interior. Coues 
found it breeding abundantly, the young flying on July 24th. Bigelow 
saw it as far north as Aillik. Macoun records a set of three eggs 
from James Bay taken in June, 1896. Turner found it “‘rare in 
Ungava, common in southeastern and southern portions. Breeds 
wherever found in summer.’”’ He records a nest and eggs taken at 
Fort Chimo on June 28, 1884. : 
We saw and heard Alice’s Thrush at various places in Labrador 
as follows: 1 singing at Forteau on July 10th; 3 at Mary Harbor on 
July 12th and 2 on July 13th; at Cape Charles on July 28th, 7 were 
seen or heard, 12 on July 29th, 16 on July 30th, and 2 on July 31st at 
the same place. Some of these were of course the same birds counted 
more than once on successive days. They were still in song the last 
of July. The call note is a phéu, at times faint and at times loud, 
often resembling closely the call note of the Veery. What appears to 
be an alarm note is a loud speé-a with a vibratory character, resembling 
at times closely the note of the Night-Hawk and at times that of a 
Veery. 
The song when heard at close range is sometimes introduced by 
faint and curious sounds as if the bird were breathing through its 
