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9th, 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 h la Crosse. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) 



That pallasii and not auduboni breeds in the region around Lake 

 La H^che, B.C., is attested by the skins in the collection. At least 

 two points are established by skins in the collection — ist, the 

 breeding of aonalaschkae in the Rocky mountains of British Col- 

 umbia ; 2nd, the breeding of pallasii west of the Rockies and south 

 of the 52nd parallel. (Rhoads.) This was the form of hermit 

 thrush occurring at Ouesnel 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. (Bishop.) 



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 g;round 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.) 



