1912] Swarth: Birds and Mammals from Vancouver Island 79 



plumage. At the head of China Creek, in July, the speeies was 

 met with in some numbers, but always on the high slopes and 

 ridges leading up to Mount Saunders and Mount Douglas, and 

 never in the darker and more densely wooded canons. It was 

 fairly common in the woods at Nootka Sound. 



Six specimens were collected (nos. 16578-16583), four sum- 

 mer adults, one juvenal, and one in first winter plumage. 



It is rather singular that the Sitka kinglet (Regulus calendula 

 grinnelli) was not met with at any time during the summer, 

 though it certainly should occur in this region, at least as a 

 migrant. 



Myadestes townsendi (Audubon) 

 Townsend Solitaire 



Observed on but three occasions, each time a single bird. One 

 was seen on the Beaver Creek road, about five miles north of 

 Alberni. on June 9 ; another along the road near Errington on 

 June 30; while a third was secured at Errington on September 

 23 (no. 16584). The last mentioned was feeding in a wild cherry 

 tree, and had its stomach filled and its intestines discolored with 

 the fruit. It is an immature bird in first winter plumage, a few 

 spotted feathers of the juvenal plumage still lingering on tin- 

 lower surface of the body. 



The fact that the species was present in June would seem to 

 imply that it was breeding in the region, but our observations 

 would indicate that it occurs in very small numbers. 



Hylocichla ustulata ustulata (Xuttall) 

 Eusset-backed Thrush 

 One of the most abundant species of birds encountered. 

 Specimens were taken on the east coast in May (the first at 

 Errington, May 19), while in the vicinity of Alberni and Beaver 

 Creek in June the ringing song could be heard issuing from 

 every clump of underbrush. In the Golden Eagle Basin (2000 

 feet) during July it was seen daily, but was not nearly so 

 abundant as at lower altitudes. A few were seen on the Tabsis 

 Canal, and at Friendly Cove it was quite numerous, particularly 

 in the thickets surrounding the little lake near the village. 



