CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 735 
756. Wilson Thrush. 
Hylcoichla fuscescens fuscescens (STEPH.) RripGw. 1880. 
A summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) One seen 
September 14th, 1899, on the Humber river, Newfoundland. (Lows 
H. Porter.) Not very common in Nova Scotia; seen only inland; 
breeds at Stewiacke. (Downs.) Uncommon summer resident in 
Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) Rare in woods at Brackley point, 
Prince Edward island, July 4th, 1888; also on Cape Breton island 
in 1898. (Macoun.) A summer resident in the neighbourhood of 
St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) A tolerably common summer 
resident along the St. John river, Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. 
(W.H. Moore.) Common summer resident on the Magdalen islands. 
(Bishop.) One pair breeding at Ellis bay, Anticosti, July 24th. 
(Brewster.) 
Common summer resident at Montreal; breeds in Mount Royal 
park; nests with eggs found from May 31st to June 27th. (Wunitle.) 
This is a common summer resident in eastern Quebec. Taken at 
Beauport (Dionne.) A common summer resident around Ottawa. 
(Ottawa Naturalist Vol. V.) A very common bird, breeding in 
numbers in eastern, Ontario. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant 
migrant at Toronto, Ont.; common resident, breeds. An abundant 
summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (/. H. 
Fleming.) Not uncommon in Algonquin park, Ont., in summer of 
1900; saw one at Missinabi, Ont. in 1904. (Spreadborough.) Very 
common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May 8th, 
leaves about September roth. (A. B. Klugh.) Summer resident 
and breeding at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) 
BREEDING NotTes’—Breeds in numbers in woods around Ottawa. 
The nest is made of dried leaves mixed with grass, bark or branches, 
and is placed near a tree on a bed of leaves, in a low bush or some- 
times on a stump. Four eggs are usually laid in May or June. 
(Garneau.) Nest on the ground or in a low bush, composed of 
withered leaves, grass stems, weed stalks, and bark strips, com- 
pactly woven inside but with no special lining. Eggs 4 or 5, greenish- 
blue with no markings. (G. R. White.) The nest is placed on or 
near the ground, in bushes, at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B., and 
is composed of grasses, leaves, etc., lined with rootlets. Eggs 3 or 4. 
(W. H. Moore.) 
