iSS6.] DuTCHER, Bird Xofcs frotn Lo7ig [■ilatid, N. Y. 443 



Mass., of one taken at Saybrook, Conn., November 25, 187S, 

 and by Mr. John H. Sage,* of one taken at Portland, Conn., 

 Marcb 3, 1S83. The November specimen was undoubtedly a 

 bird that had spent the summer in the locality where it was 

 secured, and the March specimen may possibly have braved the 

 rigors of a New England winter. It undoubtedly did, as I am 

 now able to present a record of one taken in January, thus 

 confirming that supposition, and showing that although they, as 

 a family, prefer the more genial climate of the Southern States, 

 yet an individual of unusual hardiness is sometimes seen. Mr. 

 John D. Hicks, of Old VVestbury, L. I., was attracted, January 

 30, 1 885, by a loud call-note, which resembled, ''as near as I 

 can produce it, kach^' " and proceeded from a tangled and 

 swampy thicket near his lumberyard at Roslyn, L. I. Proceeding 

 to the place whence the sound issued, he saw the bird on a low 

 willow tree, giving utterance to its peculiar note and acompany- 

 ing each one with a Wren-like motion. It gave no song whatever, 

 was sprightly, and in good condition, and was busilv occupied 

 in looking for food. Not having a gun with him at the time he 

 was unable to secure it, but on tlie following day (January 31) 

 he found it in a swamp not more than five hundred feet from 

 where it was seen the day before. On both occasions it was in 

 company with a mixed flock of Tree and White-throated 

 Sparrows. The swamp in which it was found is full of springs 

 that very rarely freeze. 



23. Turdus alicise bicknelli. Bicknell's Thuush. — With 

 a number of birds which were sent to me, that had been killed by 

 striking the Great West Bay Light (Shinnecock Bay), Long 

 Island, on the night of October i , 1881 , were four Thrushes, which 

 I labelled alicia:. Qiiite recently I submitted them to Mr. Bick- 

 nell, who pronounced two of them to he undoubted examples of 

 the new variety bicknelli. I have therefore the pleasure of ad- 

 ding another bird to the known avi-fauna of Long Island. 



24. Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii. Hermit Thrush. — A 

 case of the probable breeding of this Thrush on Long Island has 

 come to my notice through the kindness of Mr. Charles Earle, of 



^ew York City. On the 23d of September, 1878, near Lake 

 Ronkonkoma, he secured a Thrush of this species in the nest- 



* Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, p. 120. 



