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to be on the lookout for it on future visits to that territory. Later in the 

 summer (August 18) Jewett collected two birds at Bolan Lake, a few 

 miles north of the State line, that Grinnell identified as this subspecies. 

 We heard other Monterey Hermit Thrushes singing during the July visit 

 and believe the birds to be fairly common summer residents of that 

 district. 



Sierra Hermit Thrush: 



Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis (Belding) 



DESCRIPTION. "Similar in coloration 1 to H. g. sleveni but decidedly larger and 

 slightly darker or browner; similar to H. g. gattata, but larger, paler, and grayer; 

 similar to H. g. auduboni, but decidedly smaller." (Ridgway 1907.) Si%e: Length 

 (skins) 5.63-6.65, wing 3.39-3.81, tail 1.51-3.05, exposed culmen .47-. 57. Nest and 

 eggs: As in preceding subspecies. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from southern British Columbia south through 

 Cascades and other ranges to southern California. Winters south into Mexico. In 

 Oregon: Summer resident and breeding species along summit of Cascades, in Blue 

 Mountains, except highest points of Wallowas, and in Warner Mountains. 



ALL OF OUR summer skins from the Cascades and Blue Mountains in 

 Oregon, with the exception of the three mentioned under H. g. auduboni, 

 are of the Sierra Hermit Thrush. These include late May birds from the 

 Warner Mountains and from Bly Mountain in Klamath County that 

 should be breeding birds. Our earliest specimen was taken April 11 and 

 our latest in eastern Oregon on October 7. We have 14 summer skins, 

 and there are six in the Biological Survey collection from this breeding 

 area. The localities represented are Aneroid Lake, Canyon City, summit 

 of the Blue Mountains above Mitchell, Huntington, Mill Creek, 2.0 miles 

 west of Warm Springs, Lakeview, Barley Camp, Warner Mountains 

 (migrant), Hay Creek, Jefferson County (migrant), Paulina Lake, Three 

 Sisters, Reston, and Robinson Butte, eastern Jackson County. In addi- 

 tion to these summer records, there are notes in the Biological Survey 

 records indicating that specimens sent to the Survey for determination 

 from the following places had been identified as sequoiensis by Oberholser: 

 Corvallis (April 2.7, 1901, and February 3, 1903), Portland (April 2.6, 

 1901, and March 2.8, 1908), Forest Grove (April 2.4, 1911), and Salem 

 (February 2.4, 1912.)- These records would indicate occasional wintering 

 individuals as well as a migration movement through western Oregon 

 before the birds head into the mountains. 



Bendire (1877) is undoubtedly entitled to the honor of finding the first 

 nest at Camp Harney, June 2.8, 1875, which is the first record as well that 



1 "Both H. g. sequoiensis and H. g. sleveni, in addition to being paler and grayer on upper 

 parts have the spots on chest, etc., lighter and duller in color." (Ridgway, 1907.) 



