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fourth week of the month, latest May 29, 1882, June 3, 1907, 

 St. Louis. In Shannon Co., where Mr. Savage found them 

 extremely abundant, they occm-red from April 22 to May 16, 

 1904, and from April 30 to May 10, 1905. At Keokuk Mr. Cur- 

 rier found them commonly about the middle of May (May 6, 

 1892 to May 17, 1893). At Grandin, Carter Co., Mr. E. S. 

 Woodruff found it as late as May 25, 1907. Fall migration ex- 

 tends from September 5 to October 3, the bulk being present 

 about September 20. 



759b. Hylocichla guttata pallasii (Cab.). Hermit Thrush. 



Turdus solitarius. Turdus minor. Turdus pallasii. Turdus aonalaschkae 

 pallasii. Hylocichla unalascae pallasii. 



Geog. Dist.— Eastern North America, north to Newfound- 

 land, Anticosti and the north shore of the St. Lawrence, 

 southern Ungava and west of Hudson Bay to Mackenzie 

 and Yukon; west to British Columbia. Breeds from the 

 mountainous parts of the eastern United States and from 

 northern Michigan and northern Minnesota northward. Win- 

 ters from southern New Jersey and the Ohio River southward 

 to the Gulf coast. 



In Missouri a fairly common, and generally distributed tran- 

 sient visitant, and a winter resident in the heavily wooded 

 southeast. In its migration it reaches St. Louis sometimes in 

 March (March 25, 1907; March 30, 1887; March 31, 1905), 

 but more commonly early in April, and the bulk is usually present 

 in the second and third week of the month. "Lasts" are noted 

 in the fourth week, latest April 27, 1887, and May 1, 1907. 

 Mr. E. S. Woodruff found the Hermit Thrush in Shannon Co. 

 March 26 to April 27, 1907. Mr. Currier's earliest date at Keo- 

 kuk is April 10, 1898; his last April 28, 1893. In fall it reaches 

 Missouri early in October (October 5, 1885, St. Louis ; October 

 5, 1904, Shannon Co., Savage); the bulk is present in the second 

 and third week, and the last at St Louis, October 25. It comes 

 back to the same resting places year after year, remains a few 

 days, sometimes a whole week, and goes on. It is seldom heard 

 to sing in transit, but may be heard in its winter home, where it 

 frequents the same swampy ground as the Winter Wren adjoining 

 the drier haunts of the Fox, White-throated and other sparrows. 

 (The Peninsula of Missouri as a Winter Home for Birds, by 

 0. Widmann, Auk, 1896, vol. 13, p. 216). 



