CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 747 
oth, 1890. (Spreadborough.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mac- 
kenzie river. (Ross.) Abundant at the Grand rapids of the Sas- 
katchewan. (Nutting.) First noted between Edmonton and Atha- 
baska Landing, May 22nd, 1888; common between that place and 
Lesser Slave river; very common down the Athabaska to Fort 
McMurray, lat. 56° 40’; common up the Clearwater river and on 
Methye portage and by Methye lake to Isle a la Crosse. (J. M. 
Macoun.) 
That pallasw and not auduboni breeds in the region around Lake 
La Hache, B.C., is attested by the skins in the collection. At least 
two points are established by skins in the collection—tst, the 
breeding of aonalaschkae in the Rocky mountains of British Col- 
umbia; 2nd, the breeding of pallasiz west of the Rockies and south 
of the 52nd parallel. (Rhoads.) This was the form of hermit 
thrush occurring at Quesnel in northern British Columbia. A skin 
from 150-Mile House seems closer to the typical form. (Brooks.) 
About 15 miles below Little Salmon river, Yukon district, July 
22nd, we secured a pair whose nest, containing four well-grown 
young, Osgood had found the evening before. Far from selecting 
the secluded nesting site usual with this species, this pair had placed 
their nest between two small bunches of flowers on an open hillside 
just above a small piece of burnt poplar woodland, and exposed to 
the full glare of the sun. (Bzshop.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Breeds from May to July at Scotch Lake, 
N.B. The nest is placed on or near the ground and is composed 
of leaves, grass, bark and roots. Eggs three. (W. H. Moore.) A 
nest found on Kettle island in the Ottawa river near Ottawa was 
built on the ground in a low shady spot. It was built of withered 
leaves, weed stalks and bark strips, lined with fine grass; eggs four, 
of a uniform greenish blue colour. (G. R. White.) I have noticed 
many individuals in the township of Clarendon in North Frontenac, 
Ont., during the past season (1903) and have seen eggs that were 
taken near Trout lake in a spruce and cedar swamp. The eggs are 
lighter in colour and somewhat larger than those of Wilson’s thrush, 
and are readily distinguished by the practised eye. (Rev. C. J. 
Young.) 
