CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 715 
from the topmost spray of some spruce well up on the mountain 
side. Several thrushes’ nests in small spruces six to eight feet 
from the ground were empty, for which condition the abundant 
red squirrels were probably responsible. At Log Cabin and Ben- 
net we heard a few singing and at Caribou Crossing, B.C. (Lat. 
60°) Osgood took one, June 27th. (Szshop.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two; one taken at Hastings, B.C., in April, 1889; and one at 
Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 27th, 1893, both by Mr. W. 
Spreadborough. 
759a. Audubon’s Hermit Thrush. 
Hylocichla guttata audubont (BAIRD) BREWSTER. 1902. 
This species was not observed during the survey until the close 
of the second season, when specimens were taken in the Rocky 
Mountains near Chief Mountain Lake, under circumstances that 
left no doubt of its breeding in the vicinity. (Couwes.) Common 
summer resident in thick woods on Sophie Mountain at an altitude 
of 4,400 feet, on the International Boundary, B.C., in 1902; in 
July, 1897, this form was found in the Rocky Mountains, south of 
Calgary; and in August in Crow’s Nest Pass; rather rare at Elko, 
B.C., in May, 1904. (Spreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven; one taken at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897; one at 
Banff, Rocky Mountains, June 18th, 1891; one at Canmore, Rocky 
Mountains, May 28th, 1891; one at Toad Mountain, near Nelson, 
B.C., July 15th, 1890; two at Cascade, B.C., July 15th, 1902, and 
one at Elko, B.C., May toth, 1904, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
7596. Hermit Thrush. 
Hylocichla guttata pallasit (CaB.) Faxon & ALLEN. IgO00. 
Observed only twice, July 4th and 24th, 1896, both times in the 
interior of the peninsula of Labrador; rare. (Spreadborough.) 
A male taken at Chateau Bay, eastern Labrador, July 14th, 1891. 
(Norton.) A common visitor in Newfoundland. (eeks.) An 
abundant summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) One 
individual was seen after a gale on October 23rd, 1902, on Sable 
Island, N.S. (James Bouteillier.) Apparently common in woods 
