706 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



May or June. {Garneau) Nest on the ground or in a ]ow bush, 

 composed of withered leaves, grass stems, weed stalks, .and bark 

 strips, compactly 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 

 Co., N.B., and ,is composed of grasses, leaves, etc, lined with 

 rootlets. Eggs, 3 or 4. {W. H. Moored) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three; all taken at Ottawa, two by the writer in May, 1888, and 

 one by Dr. F. A. Saunders May 23rd, 1890. 



One set of three eggs taken at Ottawa by Dr. James Fletcher. 



756a. Willow Thrush. 



Hylocichla /usceseens salicicola Ridgw. 1882. 



Only one specimen known, taken by myself at Ottawa, Sept. 

 19th, 1898. It seems probable that this bird may be regularly 

 taken in Ontario from Sept. ist to 25th as it appears to have a. 

 breeding ground to the north of us, but has been overlooked in 

 "the past on account of its similarity to Wilson's thrush. (W. E. 

 Saunders^ The characteristic " veery " call-note and song were 

 heard several times, and the singer was seen once as we floated 

 down Red River between Winnipeg and West Selkirk, June 14th.. 

 None were taken but specimens from the region seem referable 

 to the western form. (£. A. Preble^ 



This species seems to be a spring migrant at Indian Head.Assa.p 

 it was first observed May 19th, 1892, and soon became common 

 but disappeared about the end of May ; this was a common 

 species at Old Wives' Creek, Assa., and wherever there was brush 

 at Wood Mountain and west to Frenchman's River and the ravines 

 in the southern part of the Cypress Hills ; common along Milk 

 River, St. Mary's River and Lee's Creek, Cardston, Alberta,; com- 

 mon on the International Boundary between Trail and Cascade,. 

 B.C., in the summer of 1902, found a nest on June 14th in a low 

 bush not more than two feet from ground, made of dry grass, 

 weeds and dirt, lined with fine dry grass; two eggs were quite 

 fresh ; at Crane Lake, Assa., June nth, 1894, this species was 

 common along Skull Creek where a number of nests were taken;, 

 it was also common in the east end of the Cypress Hills, among 



