CATALOGUE OP CANADIAN BIRDS. 735 



756. Wilson Thrush. 



Hylcoichla fuscescens fuscescens (Steph.) Ridgw. 1880. 



A summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) One seen 

 September 14th, 1899, on the Humber river, Newfoundland. {Louis 

 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. (Wintle.) 

 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 10th. (^4. B. Klugh.) Summer resident 

 and breeding at Pcnetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) 



Breeding Notes' — 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.) 



