712 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Not uncommon at Prince Albert, Sask.; -breeding in the vicinity. 

 {Coubeaux) One specimen secured at Grand Rapids of the Sas- 

 katchewan. {Nutting.) This thrush arrives on the banks of the 

 Saskatchewan in May and during the summer haunts the alder 

 thickets and dense willow groves that skirt the marshes. {Rich- 

 ardson.) North to Lapierre's House, on the Mackenzie River; 

 abundant. {Ross.) A common breeding bird from Clinton, B.C., 

 to Quesnel. {Brooks.) Southern mainland, east of Coast Range,. 

 B.C. {Fannin.) A female and young hiale in nesting plumage 

 were shot at Nelson, B.C., where they were fairly abundant- _ 

 {Rhoads.) On the coast of BeHring Sea, where the grey-cheeked 

 thrush is abundant, this species is very rare or does not occur at 

 all. In the interior, however, it appears to increase in numbers as 

 the distance from the sea-coast increases. {Nelson.) A single 

 specimen was obtained from Fort Yukon, Alaska; it is appar- 

 ently not common in any district of Alaska. {Turner.) 



Bbeeding Notes. — At Edmonton, Alta., on May 31st, 1897,1 

 found what I took to be an olive-back's nest. It was built upon 

 the top of a willow stump that had been chopped off about six- 

 teen inches from the ground. I saw the bird leave the nest and 

 tried to get a shot, but she was too wary. I shot a male near the 

 nest at the time. The nest was composed of weeds lined with 

 dry grass, eggs four, blue and quite fresh. June nth found an- 

 other nest and four eggs in the fork of a willow about four feet 

 from the ground; nest composed of weeds and dirt, lined with dry 

 grass; eggs light-blue with brownish spots. {Spreadborough.) At 

 Lake Nominingue, about 100 miles north of Ottawa, this thrush 

 takes the place of Wilson's thrush. On July ist, 1901, a nest with 

 two young birds was found in a maple tree, six feet from the 

 ground. It was made of grass and green moss and lined with 

 dry leaves and rootlets ; nest 4x3 and 2"6o x 2. {Garneau) A 

 nest found June i6th, 1902, at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B., had. 

 four fresh eggs. Nest composed of twigs and moss, lined with 

 skeleton leaves, 30 feet up in a tall spruce, and eight feet out on 

 the limb. ( W. H. Moore) 



museum specimens. 



Eight ; one at Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 17th, 1894, one at 

 Peace River Landing, June 18th, 1903, three at Edmonton, Alta., 

 May, 1897, 3nd three at Elko, in May, 1904, all by Mr. W. Spread- 

 borough. 



