714 ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



April 2ist, 1893, at Victoria, Vancouver Island, aft-erthis date they 

 became common, but most of them left early in May. Some reside 

 all year, as I saw them in January, 1890. {Spreadborough.) British 

 Columbia. {Lord.) Found only during the autumn migration, 

 and then in the coast region. {Streator.) West of the coast region; 

 near the coast. {Fannin.) Summer resident on mountain tops 

 near Chilliwack. {Brooks.) On the coast of British Columbia in 

 migrations. Probably breeds in the Coast Range and mountains 

 of Vancouver Island. I was surprised to again meet with this 

 species at Field, where I saw many and secured three birds. One 

 of these in spotted nesting plumage proves that the summer 

 habitat of the dwarf thrush is far more extended than formerly 

 supposed. ,{Rhoads.) Not uncommon at Vancouver City, Lulu 

 Island and Sea Island, B.C., in the spring of 1894. {E:F. G. H kite.) 



Very common everywhere at Sitka, Alaska, especially on the 

 small wooded islands; at low tide they were frequently to be seen 

 feeding among the kelp and rockweed along the shore. {Grinnell.) 

 Specimens of this bird are in the National Museum collection 

 from various points along the timbered coast of southeastern 

 Alaska, including Cook's Inlet, Sitka, Kadiak and Chugatchik 

 Bay. {Nelson.) Rather rare on Queen Charlotte Islands. Two 

 adult females were taken at the head of Cumshewa Inlet, and one 

 male on Prevost Island, June, 1900. " {Osgood.) Mr. Osgood seg- 

 regates a new form out of this species to which he gives the sub- 

 specific name verecunda. If this name holds good it will apply to 

 all British Columbian coast records. {Macoun.) Two male birds 

 in fresh fall plumage were taken at Hope, Cook's Inlet, August 

 26th and 29th respectively; these are very olivaceous on the upper 

 parts and agree with a bird taken at Circle City, Alaska, August 

 18th, 1899. [The above specimens are considered verecunda by 

 Mr. Osgood.] Two specimens were taken at Hope and Tyonek, 

 Cook's Inlet, Alaska, September 7th and 14th respectively. These 

 are in fresh fall plumage and are somewhat more olivaceous than 

 fall birds from Kadiak. {Osgood) Mr. Osgood considers the 

 latter true aonalaschkce and cites Kadiak Island as the home of 

 the type. {Macoun) 



We heard several singing at Skagway, and Osgood took one at 

 Haines, June 2nd, 1899. At Glacier they were tolerably common, 

 and we secured several, but they were very shy, keeping in the 

 thickets during the day and singing several hours in the evening 



