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34:7. Tardus alicAce bicknelli Ridgw. Bicknell's 



Thrush. 



Brkeding Range — Catskills uml Wl.ite Mts. to Nova Scotia. 

 Winter Distribctiox — Mexico ? 



Rare trans'u-nt ; first taken in Pennpylvnnia Iiy Mr. Wni. L. Col- 

 lins at Franktord, Pliiladi-lphia, Octol)er IG, 1878. Several addi- 

 tional specimens were secured by jMr. Collins aiiout the same time, 

 and one was taken at AVest Chester, Pa., by Mr. Josiah Hoopes, in 

 1893. 



348. Tut'da.s usf Hiatus swain sonii (Cab.). Olive- 



backed Thrush. 



Breeding Range — Cliictly noiUi of U. 8., except on higher mountains. 

 Wi.vTER Distribution — Gulf States to Cuba, Central America and S. A. 



Common transient, oecurrin;^ near Pliiladelphia May ,3—2.1 and 

 September lil-Oelober 15. 



Found abundantly ;is a summer resident on North Mountain, Sul- 

 livan county. Pa.,* by Mr. Jonathan U'Aight,but not as yet recorded 

 as a breeder from elsewhere in this State. Probably does not breed 

 in New Jersey. 



349, Tardus aonalaschhce i>«7/ff.si7 (Cap..). Hermit 



Thrush, t 



Breeding Range — Northern U. S. noriliward. and southward along the 



Alleghanie.s. 

 Winter Distribution — Lower Middle States to Gulf States. 



Abundant transient, occurring April 10-!May 4 an<l October 10- 

 November 5. 



In southern New Jersey it is a regular though not a])undant 

 winter resident, Mr. W. E. D. Scott even records one as far north as 

 Princeton, January 17, 1879 {B. N. 0. C, 1879), and Mr. E. C. 

 Thurber one at Morristown, January 30, 1880 {0. Sf 0., 188G). It 

 occurs occasionally in southeastern Penn.sylvania in winter. 



On tiie higher parts of the AUeghanies the Hermit Tiirush is a 

 regular breeder, and has been found during the breeding season at 

 North Mt., Pa. (Dwight), Harvey's Lake, Pa. (Sf07ie), Mt. Pocono, 

 Pa. {^Shryoch), aiid a nest was found at I'^aglesmere, Pa., by Mr. W. 

 L. Baily. 



*The most southern known breeding ground of the species. 

 fThe true T. ustulatus and T. aonalaschkm are Pacific coast birds. 



