THRUSHES. y 



leaves, stems of equisetaceous plants, red, glossy, vegetable fibres, 

 the flowering stems of the Cladonia mosses, lichens, fine strips of 

 bark, etc." — Baird, Brewer /VND Ridgway's N. A. Birds, vol. 

 I, pp. 15 16. 



5. HYLOCICHLA UNALASC.^. 



DWARF THRUSH. 



This bird, according to Dr. Coues, is an inhabitant of the "West- 

 ern Province of North America, eastward from Kodiak to Cape 

 St. Lucas, Arizona." At Santa Cruz, on the first of June, Dr. 

 Cooper met with several of their nests, which, though probably 

 erroneously, he supposed to belong to the Dwarf Hermit Thrush. 

 They were all built in thickets under the shade of cottonwood 

 trees. Each nest was about five feet from the ground, and all con- 

 tained eggs, from two to four in number, in differing stages of 

 incubation. 



The nests were b\iilt of dry leaves, roots, fibres, grasses and bark 

 without any mud, and were lined with decayed leaves. Their 

 height and external diameter measured 4 inches. The diameter of 

 the cavity was 2^/^ inches and the depth 2^. 



The eggs measured .90 by .70 of an inch. They are of a pale 

 bluish-green, speckled with cinnamon-brown, chiefly at the larger 

 end."— Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's N. A. Birds, vol. i, p. 20. 



The writer intimates that there is doubt regarding the identity 

 of the nests afld eggs discovered by Dr. Cooper; stating that 

 they correspond so closely to those of the Russet-backed Thrush 

 *< that it is extremely probable that they really belong to that 

 species." From this, we would infer, having found no later de- 

 scriptions, that a reliable and positive description of the nest and 

 eggs of this bird has not yet been given. 



5/7. HYLOCICHLA UNALASC^ AUDUBONI. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERMIT THRUSH. ** 



^b. HYLOCICHLA UNALASC^ PALLASI. 



HERMIT THRUSH. 



"The present species is found throughout Eastern North Amer- 

 ica to the Mississippi, and breeds from Massachusetts to high Arc- 

 tic regions. *** It is a very abundant bird throughout Maine, 



