CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 745 
and we secured several, but they were very shy, keeping in the 
thickets during the day and singing several hours in the evening 
from the topmost spray of some spruce well up on the mountain 
side. Several thrushes nests in small spruces six or eight feet 
from the ground were empty, for which condition the abundant 
red squirrels were probably responsible. At Log Cabin and Ben- 
net we heard a few singing and at Cariboo Crossing, B.C. lat. 60°, 
Osgood took one, June 27th. (Brshop.) 
759a. Audubon Hermit Thrush. 
Hylocichla guttata audubont (BAIRD) BREWSTER. 1902. 
This species was not observed during the survey until the close 
of the second season, when specimens were taken in the Rocky 
mountains near Chief Mountain lake, under circumstances that 
left no doubt of its breeding in the vicinity. (Coues.) Common 
summer resident in thick woods on Sophie mountain at an altitude 
of 4,400 feet, on the International Boundary, B.C., in 1902; in 
July, 1897, this form was found in the Rocky mountains, south of 
Calgary; and in August in Crow Nest pass; rather rare at Elko, 
B.C., in May, 1904. Taken at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 
28th, 1891; one seen at Elko, May roth, 1904, not rare near 
Nelson, B.C., in 1890;common on the mountains between Skagit 
river and Chilliwack lake in 1905: July 15th, found a nest ina 
balsam tree about 5 feet from the ground with four young nearly 
ready to fly; nest rather bulky, made of moss. (Spreadborough.) 
Many, perhaps most of the references above should go to H. G. 
(Esquotensis.) 
759a. Hermit Thrush. 
Hylocichla guttata pallasw (CaAB.) HOWE. 1901. 
Observed only twice, July 4th and 24th, 1896, both times in the 
interior of the peninsula of Labrador; rare. (Spreadborough.). A 
male taken at Chateau bay, eastern Labrador, July 14th, 1891. 
(Norton.) A common visitor in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) An 
abundant summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Abundant 
summer resident in Nova Scotia. H.F.Tujts. One individual was 
seen after a gale on October 23rd, 1902, on Sable island, N.S.; 
