Catalogue of Canadian Birds. Ill 



Harporhynchus rufus. 



IJKOWX THKASIIKK. 



The '' Brown Thrush," as it is sometimes called, has not been 

 taken in the Maritime Provinces. Mr. Uunlop reports it as 

 liaving- become quite common near Montreal durino- the last ten 

 or fifteen years, thoui;h before 1S71 it was rare; Dr. Hall, how- 

 ever, recorded it as "common" in his 1S39 list. Messrs. White 

 and Scott re{)ort it as rather common in the vicinity of Ottawa, 

 and it is more or less common in all favorable localities in Ontario 

 as far to the north as (ira\'enhurst, where Mr. Scriven considers 

 it ra-Hi'. In Manitoba it is common, or abundant, and ranges to 

 the northern extremity of Lake Winni])eg- and west to the eastern 

 base of the Rockies. Winters in the .Southern States. 



Salpinctes obsoletus. 



KOCK WREX. 



An uncommon summer resident of British Columbia. 



Thryothorus bewickii spilurus. 



VKiOItS WREN. 



A fairlv common summer resident of British Columbia. 



Troglodytes aedon. 



HOUSE AVREN. 



There is but one record of the occurrence of this species in 

 the Maritime Provinces — that of a pair observed in New Bruns- 

 wick by Mr. C. F. Batchelder — and Mr. Neilson reports ha\'- 

 ing; met with it once, only, near Quebec ; but at Montreal it is 

 fairly common, and is numerous in Southern Ontario. 



