189^-] Scott on Botaiirus neoxenus. ^4^ 



tains in New York, although Dr. Warren says it "breeds occasionally, it 

 is said, in our higher mountainous regions." 



Turdus aonalaschkse pallasii. Hermit Tiiuusit. — Among some scat- 

 tered pines at the top of Wopsononock Mountain I found a pair feeding 

 their yoimg. As the abundance of this species can best be determined 

 about sunset, when every male is pouring forth its evening song (and the 

 same remark applies to T. u. stvai/tsoiiii), I cannot saj how abundant it 

 is at this point. It was not encountered at Cresson, but in the deep 

 woods of North Mountain it found a congenial home and was very numer- 

 ous. Often it was possible to distinguish a dozen singing at the same 

 time in the early morning or late evening hours. There was an overhang- 

 ing cliff commanding a deep, narrow valley, whence at sunset even a 

 greater number might be heard, their notes blending with those of the 

 Olive-backed and Wood Thrushes. I have listened to the songs of all 

 these birds many times, but never before have I heard all these species 

 singing at the same time and had such opportunities for comparing their 

 notes. I am satisfied that the song of the Hermit Thrush is more beau- 

 tiful than that of the much-renowned Wood Thrush. There is a liquid, 

 ringing sweetness about it, that is only matched in part by the song of 

 the latter. The notes of the Olive-backed Thrush are inferior to both, 

 although delivered with more swing and emphasis than either. The 

 Hermit Thrush is one of the characteristic Canadian birds found in this 

 region. Baird did not meet with it in summer. Dr. Warren says : "This 

 species, it is stated, breeds sparingly in some of our highei- mountainous 

 districts." 



Merula migratoria. American Robin. — Abundant everywhere ex- 

 cept in the deep woods. 



Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — Tolerably common and met with in the 

 clearings on the top of North Mountain. 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE ADULT MALE OF 



BO TAURUS NEOXBNUS (CORY), WITH 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE SPECIES. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



Captain J. F. Menge of Fort Myers, Florida, procured for 

 me during the summer of 1891 three specimens of Cory's Bittern 

 {Botaurus neoxenus)^ and as one of these has the sex deter^ 



