CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 715 



from the topmost spray of some .gpruce well up on the mountain 

 side. Several thrushes' nests in small spruces six to eight feet 

 from, the ground were empty, for which condition the abundant 

 red squirrels were probably responsible. At Log Cabin and Ben- 

 net we heard a few singing and at Caribou Crossing, B.C. (Lat. 

 60°) Osgood took one, June 27th. {Bishop) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two; one taken at Hastings, B.C., in April, 1889; and one at 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 27th, 1893, both by Mr. W. 

 Spreadborough. 



759a. Audubon's Hermit I brush. 



Hylocichla guttata auduboni (Baird) Brewster. 1902. 

 This species was not observed during the survey until the close 

 of the second season, when specimens were taken in the Rocky 

 Mountains near Chief Mountain Lake, under circumstances that 

 left no doubt of its breeding in the vicinity. {Coues.) Common 

 summer resident in thick woods onSoph;e Mountain at an altitude 

 of 4,400 feet, on the International Boundary, B.C., in 1902; in 

 July, 1897, this form was found in the Rocky Mountaiins, south of 

 Calgary; and in August in Crow's Nest Pass; rather rare at Elko, 

 B.C., in May, 1964. {Spreadborough.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven; one taken at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897; o"^ ^t 

 Banff, Rocky Mountains, June i8th, 1891; one at Canmore, Rocky 

 Mountains, May 28th, 1891; one at Toad Mountain, near Nelson, 

 B.C., July 15th, 1890; two at Cascade, B.C., July 15th, 1902, and 

 one at Elko, B.C., May loth, 19O4, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



7596. Hermit Thrush. 



Hylocichla guttata pallasii (Cab.) Faxon & Allen. 1900. 

 Observed only twice, July 4th and 24th, 1896, both times in the 

 interior of the peninsula of Labrador; rare. {Spreadborough!^ 

 A male taken at Chateau Bay, eastern Labrador, July 14th, i8gi. 

 {Norton.) A common visitor in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) An 

 abundant summer resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) One 

 individual was seen after a gale on October 23rd, 1902, on Sable 

 Island, N.S. {James Bouteillier.) Apparently common in wood's, 



