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warbler, or which has a species which may be distinguished from D. (estiva 

 in all its forms. — Austin H. Clark, Boston, Mass. 



Breeding of Wilson's Thrush {Hylocichla fuscescens) in Virginia. — 

 "Northern New Jersey and the northern part of the Lake States north- 

 ward" is the breeding range of Wilson's Thrush ( Turdus fuscescens Steph.) 

 as outlined in the A. O. U. Check-List. There does not appear to be any 

 record of the breeding of this species further to the southward. It there- 

 fore gives me pleasure to record the fact that on June 25, 1903, while on 

 a collecting trip in my interest to Mt. Rogers (5,719 ft.), Grayson County, 

 Virginia, Mr. Harvey G. Davis found a nest of this species containing 

 three eggs, which, together with the parent birds, is in my collection. 

 This record definitely establishes the breeding range of this species as 

 including the higher mountain region of Virginia. It is probable that 

 this species breeds also in the mountains of North Carolina, but this fact 

 does not seem to be yet established. — John W. Daniel, Jr., Lynchburg, 

 Va. 



Notes on the Nesting of the Varied Thrush. — The following notes on 

 the nesting of the Varied Thrush {Ixoreus ncevius) in southern British 

 Columbia may be of interest, as most of the published records are from 

 more northern latitudes. 



During the Spring of 1903 I had a good opportunity to note their nest- 

 ing habits, while running a line of bear traps at the base of Cheam Peak 

 on the lower Fraser River, altitude about seventy feet above sea level. 



The birds were found nesting in heavy coniferous forest of very tall 

 timber, with very little undergrowth for the coast district, where dense 

 brush is the rule. 



The nesting site was usually a small tree heavily draped with the rank 

 growth of green moss which grows in such profusion in these dark woods. 

 Five nests were taken on the following dates : 



28th April. Three eggs, incubation slight. Nest in small hemlock, 

 nine feet from ground, saddled on limb close to trunk, composed of green 

 moss, twigs and rootlets, in a loose foundation of larger twigs, and lined 

 with shredded cedar bark. 



3d May. Three eggs with large embryos. Nest in moss-covered spruce, 

 on dead limb ten feet from ground. Nest same as last but lined with fine 

 dry grass, with a few dead leaves in outer structure. 



3d May. Three eggs with small embryos. Nest in leaning cedar nine 

 feet from ground ; structure and lining same as preceding. 



7th May. Three eggs, nearly fresh. Nest in vine maple {Acer circin- 

 atum), nine feet from ground. 



16th May. Four eggs, fresh. Nest in the pendant branch of a large 

 cedar, twelve feet from ground. The last may have been a second laying, 

 as I noticed the birds were breeding there two weeks previously. 



Three eggs seems to be the average, as two nests I have taken in previ- 



