Catalogue of Canadian Birds. Ill 



Harporhynchus rufus. 



BROWN THRASHER. 



The " Brown Thrush," as it is sometimes called, has not been 

 taken in the Maritime Provinces. Mr. Dunlop reports it as 

 having become quite common near Montreal during the last ten 

 or fifteen years, though before 1871 it was rare; Dr. Hall, how- 

 ever, recorded it as " common " in his 1839 list. Messrs. White 

 and Scott report it as rather common in the vicinity of Ottawa, 

 and it is more or less common in all favorable localities in Ontario 

 as far to the north as Gravenhurst, where Mr. Scriven considers 

 it rare. In Manitoba it is common, or abundant, and ranges to 

 the northern extremity of Lake Winnipeg and west to the eastern 

 base of the Rockies. Winters in the Southern States. 



Salpinctes obsoletus. 



ROCK WREN. 



An uncommon summer resident of British Columbia. 



Thryothorus bewickii spilurus. 



VIGORS WREN. 



A fairly common summer resident of British Columbia. 



Troglodytes aedon. 



HOUSE WREN. 



There is but one record of the occurrence of this species in 

 the Maritime Provinces — that of a pair observed in New Bruns- 

 wick by Mr. C. F. Batchelder — and Mr. Neilson reports hav- 

 ing met with it once, only, near Quebec ; but at Montreal it is 

 fairly common, and is numerous in Southern Ontario. 



