708 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



I have no_t shot a specimen of this bird in the Montreal district 

 yet, but have noticed some large thrushes which I have been 

 unable to identify as I could not shoot them with my cane gun. 

 {Wintie.) Not met with until we reached York Factory, where a 

 female and two young just from the nest were taken in, a dense 

 willow thicket, July 13th. The young birds may be described as 

 follows: Back and head dark olive-brown, each feather tipped 

 with dusky and with a longitudinal spot of brown; rump and 

 upper tail coverts, brownish spotted with rusty; lower parts white, 

 slightly tinged on breast and sides with buffy, each feather tipped 

 with a dusky bar, those on breast heavily marked, the marking 

 decreasing in size posteriorly; throat almost unmarked; cheeks 

 grayish, spotted with dusky; wings and tail olive-brown, the wing 

 quills lighter on outer edges. I again met with the species, July 

 25th at Fort Churchill, where I saw several in stunted spruce 

 woods. {E. A. Preble.) Migrant at Carberry, Manitoba; *nd 

 reported common at Winnipeg by Hine. {Thompson-Seton.) Com- 

 mon at Aweme, Manitoba, as a migrant. {Norman Criddle.) One 

 specimen of this species was secured at Indian Head, Assa., on 

 May 23rd, 1892; there may have been many others, but all were 

 believed to be Wilson's thrush, which was common at the time. 

 Taken at Old Wives' Creek, Assa., May 30th, 1895. {Spread- 

 borougk) 



North to Yukon River; only found west of Rocky Moun- 

 tains. {Ross.) This thrush is very abundant in the Anderson 

 River region, not only wherever trees are to be had for nesting 

 purposes, but also in situations where none exist. More than 200 

 specimens were taken at Fort Anderson and sent to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. The greatest number was built on trees or in 

 the usual manner, but some ffew of them were placed on the 

 ground. One nest was also taken on the banks of "the Wilmot- 

 Horton River. {Macfarla?ie) This species is common through- 

 out all the northern portion of Alaska wherever willow and alder 

 thickets afford it shelter. {Nelson.) This species is not common 

 at St. Michael, and very likely breeds there but I never found 

 their eggs. {Turner.) An adult male found dead on the ice near 

 Point Tangent, Alaska, May 27th, 1898, and a male secured, June 

 lOth, 1898, at" Point Barrow. (Witmer intone .) One adult specimen 

 was taken at Sheep Creek, Kenai peninsula, Alaska, July 5th, 

 1901. {Chapman^ This thrush was a common summer resident 



