CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN. BIRDS. 7I3 



Three sets of eggs; one of four taken on the upper Hamilton 

 River, Ungava, July 3rd, 1894, by Mr. A. P. Low ; one of four 

 taken at Edmonton, Alta., June nth, 1897, and one of two taken 

 at Trail, B.C., June 14th, 1902, by Mr. W. Spreadborough 



758e. Alma's Thrush. 



Hylocichla. ustulata almcB Oberholser. 1898. 

 Rocky Mountain region of the United States. (^Oberholser!) 

 This is the common thrush of the Yukon basin, occuring every- 

 where from Log- Cabin to Circle, perhaps in largest numbers at 

 Caribou Crossing and Lake Marsh. Fifteen miles above Fort 

 Yukon I took one and saw others, August 21st. We saw many 

 nests, usually 6 to 10 feet from the ground in thick growths of 

 young spruces, but none contained eggs. A nest containing four 

 young just hatched, which I found at Caribou Crossing, June 25th, 

 was about eight feet from the ground in a thicket of small spruces. 

 The nest resembled that of H. »i. swaitisoni. At Miles Canon 

 July nth, we saw young able to fly. Osgood took young in 

 spotted plumage, July 31st, but those taken August 2Qth had 

 assumed first winter plumage. They were usually silent by day, 

 but sang frequently during the short nights. At Caribou Cross- 

 ing, the last day of June, their song could be heard constantly 

 from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., one taking up the strain as another stopped. 

 The song is much superior to that of Hylocichla aonalaschikce and 

 almost equal to that of H.fuscescens. It has whispered notes like 

 that of H. mustelinus. By the middle of July the song season was 

 practically over though we heard one of the birds singing, July 

 23rd. When the nights became really dark in August, I often 

 heard the call-note of this bird near our camp between 2 and 3 

 a.m. (Bishop.) An adult male from Sheep Creek, Kenai .penin- 

 sula, July 5th, 1901, extends the breeding, range of this form. 

 Several seen on Kenai during the summer. A nest containing two 

 fresh eggs was found the latter part of June. (Chaptnan.) 



759. Alaska Hermit Thrush. 



Hylocichla guttata (Pallas) Brewster. 1902. 

 Occasionally seen in the thick brush at Hastings, Burrard Inlet, 

 in April, 1889; seen on nearly all the mountains at an altitude of 

 5,000 feet at Chilliwack Lake, B.C., in July, 1901; first seen on 



