TURDID/E ; SAXICOLID/E. j^, 



contained young and a single spotted egg. The latter, still in my 

 possession, though in a fragmentary condition allows a measurement 

 of .66 of an inch in transverse diameter. 



H.ylociclila imalascje nanus (Aud). Hermit Thrush. 



Mr. Burroughs' remarks upon this Thrush (Wake Robin, p. 5i) 

 indicate it to be a not uncommon summer resident of this region; 

 and undoubtedly it is somewhat generally distributed at suitable 

 places on the mountains, although apparently absent from the valleys. 



Its song was frequently heard from elevated balsam woods, and 

 high on the Slide Mountain a specimen was secured. Being repre- 

 sentative of the more southerly breeding individuals of its species the 

 measurements of this bird are appended : — 



Ad. $ June 25, 1881 — length, 7.10; wing, 352; tail, 2.85; tar- 

 sus, 1. 17; mid. toe. .66; bill, culmen and from nostril, .53-38. 



Merula migratoria (L.) Sw. & Rich. Robin. 



Common ; their songs at daybreak showing them to be much 

 more so than observations at a later hour indicated. Two nests — 

 June 6 and 13, 1880 — both but a few feet from the ground in small 

 trees by the roadside, contained young almost able to fly, 



Mimus Carolinensis (L.) Gr. Cat-bird. 



Common along the more cultivated parts of the valley, a few ex- 

 tending into the wilder portions about shrubbery bordering the way 

 and the woods. 



Harporhynclms rufus (L.) Cab. Brown Thrush. 



Mr. Pearsall observed a single individual of this species in the 

 lower part of the Big Indian Valley, though I failed to find it outside 

 of the main valley, where two were noted. 



FAMILY SAXICOLID^: STONECHATS AND BLUE- 

 BIRDS. 



Sialia sialis (L.) Hald. Bluebird. 



Abundant along the line of the railroad, numbers being startled 

 from the telegraph wires by the passing train. Less common in the 

 Big Indian Valley, where a brood, noticed on June 11, 1881, were 

 stated to have been in their nest, in a hollow stump, a few days pre- 

 viously. 



