THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, AND SOLITAIRES: Family Turdidae [469] 



we have numerous manuscript notes, both of our own and other Survey 

 members, for the counties listed above under ' 'Distribution. ' ' Our earliest 

 spring date is March z; and latest fall record, October 2.4. We consider 

 it a regular but not common bird over the district in which it is found 

 and feel certain that more intensive work would considerably extend its 

 range in Oregon. 



Bendire (1877) reported collecting a female at Camp Harney on March 

 7, 1876. Jewett (1909^ recorded the species from Baker County and in- 

 cluded a nest and young found on Eagle Creek, Baker County, on May 

 14, 1907. Henderson (19x0) found it in eastern Oregon, and Gabrielson 

 (i92_4a) encountered it commonly at some points in the Wallowas. These 

 are the only published references to its occurrence in Oregon. Since the 

 Baker and Wallowa accounts were published, we have collected a few 

 specimens, and Jewett found a second nest at Lick Creek, Wallowa 

 County, June 2.0, 192.7. It was located n feet up in a small spruce and 

 contained four fresh eggs. 



Alaska Hermit Thrush: 



Hylocichla guttata guttata (Pallas) 



DESCRIPTION. "Upper parts dark grayish brown, more olive in winter, tail deep rufous; 

 chest thickly marked with broad, wedge-shaped spots. Length: 6-7, wing 3. 15- 

 3.80, tail 1.60-3.00, bill .45-. 51." (Bailey) Nest: On ground in damp woods, made 

 of leaves and dried grass. Eggs: 4 or 5, plain greenish blue. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from south-central Alaska south to Kodiak Island, 

 Cross Sound, and northern British Columbia. Winters south to southern California. 

 In Oregon: Rather uncommon winter visitor that arrives in October and remains until 

 April. Most abundant in western Oregon valleys and along Cascades but appears 

 also east of mountains. 



AN ANONYMOUS note (Anonymous 1897) reporting the Alaska Hermit 

 Thrush seen in Oregon, April z, 1896, and a specimen taken, January 8, 

 1897, was the first published reference to the bird for the State. Osgood 

 (1901) recorded winter specimens for Fort Klamath. Walker (1915, 

 1917^ reported an albino from Hemlock, Tillamook County, December 

 18, and recorded specimens from Warm Springs, Wasco County, April 30, 

 1915. All of the birds of this group are shy, elusive inhabitants of the 

 denser timber and brushlands and are somewhat difficult to locate unless 

 they are in song. 



There are specimens in the Biological Survey collection from Detroit 

 (September 2.8, 1897) and Gold Beach (October 2.4, 1909). According to 

 Biological Survey records there are five skins in the Carnegie Museum, 

 one collected April 17, 1901, at Corvallis by A. R. Woodcock, and four 

 collected April 10, 1909, at Salem, by M. E. Peck. Walker took one at 

 Tillamook, December n, 1915, and sent it to the Biological Survey for 

 identification. 



