634 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA THOMPSON. 



summer resident ; common in spring and autumn ; arrives about April 

 27, re-appearing about September 15 ; departs early in October (Nash). 

 Swan Eiver and Moose Mountain : Breeding in rose thickets a few feet 

 from the ground and in cornel bushes; eggs spotted (Macouu). Car- 

 berry : Summer resident; not very common; apparently breeding; 

 Long River; Duck Mountain? (Thompson). Shell River: 1885, first 

 seen, a pair, on April 30; is common all summer and breeds here 

 (Calcutt). 



264. Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii. Hermit Thrush. 



Common summer resident of woodlands. Winnipeg: Summer resi- 

 dent; abundant (Hine). I have noticed them at Kildonan, Selkirk, 

 Brandon, and Fort Qu'Appelle ; at the latter place they were nesting 

 first week in June (Hunter). Portage la Prairie: Common summer 

 resident; airives about May 1; departs early in October (Nash). Lake 

 Manitoba and west to Fort Pelly ? (Macoun). South slope of Riding 

 Mountain on Little Saskatchewan, August 28, 1858 (Hind). Shell 

 Kiver: First seen, two males, on April 18 ; a transient visitor, passing 

 north and not remaining any time (Calcuttj. Observed at Cumberland 

 House on the 4th of October ; I saw it several times, but had no gun 

 (Blakiston). 



265. Merula migratoria. American Robin, 



Common summer resident in half open woods, etc. ; breeding. In 

 abundance at Pembina ; breeding ; in September, large numbers along 

 Mouse River (Coues). Dufferin : Arrived in 1874 between April 15 

 and 20 (Dawson). Winnipeg: Summer resident; abundant (Hine). 

 Red River Settlement, fourth week of April (Blakiston). Swamp 

 Island : 1885, first seen, about thirty, on April 27, after which it was 

 common, and it breeds here; in fall, last seen October 7; 1886, first seen, 

 ten, on April 18; bulk arrived next day (Plunkett). Ossowa: Com- 

 mon; breeding ; 1885, first seen, five, on April 18; next seen, April 20; 

 be ame common April 25 ; last seen, one, on October 20 (Wagner). 

 Oak Point: 1884, arrived, April 10; 1885, first seen, two, on April 8; 

 next seen, April 9 ; afterwards common ; breeds (Small). Portage la 

 Prairie: Common; summer resident; arrives in April; my earliest 

 spring record is April 3, 1885, when I saw a small flock ; the latest is 

 April 20, the bulk having then arrived; they frequently remain until 

 after snow has fallen, feeding on the wild grapes and high-bush cran- 

 berries. The latest date I have is November 3, when I saw a large 

 flock; the ground was then covered with snow (Nash). Abundant 

 everywhere throughout the Northwest (Macoun). Carberry: Very 

 abundant in spring migration; common summer resident; breeding 

 (Thompson). Two Rivers: April 17, 1884; 1885; first seen, several, 

 on April IG; next seen, April 17; became common April 20; is pretty 

 common and breeds here (Criddle). Dalton: 1889, first seen, two, on 

 April 12; became common on April 13 ; breeds here (Youmans). Bran- 



