CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRPS. ']\^ 



River and on Methye Portage and by Methye Lake to Isle a la 

 Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) 



That pallasii and not auduboni breeds in the region around Lake 

 La Hache, B.C., is attested by the skins in the collection. At least 

 two points are established by skins in the collection — ist, the 

 breeding of aonalaschkae in the Rocky Mountains of British Col- 

 umbia; 2nd, the breedingof/^//^z.yM west of the Rockies and south 

 of the 52nd parallel. {Rhoads.) This was the form of hermit 

 thrush occurring at Quesnel in northern British Columbia. A 

 skin from 158-Mile House seems closer to the typical form. 

 {Brooks.) About 15 miles below Little Salmon _River, Yukon dis- 

 trict, July 22nd, we secured a pair whose nest, containing four 

 well-grown young, Osgood had found the evening before. Far 

 from selecting the secluded nesting site usual with this species, 

 this pair had placed their nest between two small bunches of 

 flowers on an open hillside, just above a small piece of burnt 

 poplar woodland, and exposed to the full glare of the sun. 

 {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — Breeds from May to July at Scotch Lake, 

 N.B. The nest is placed on or near the ground and is comp'osed 

 of leaves, grass, bark and roots. Eggs three. {W. H. Moore.) A 

 nest found on Kettle Island in the Ottawa River near Ottawa 

 was built on the ground in a low shady spot. It was built of 

 withered leaves, weed stalks and bark strips, lined with fine grass; 

 eggs four, of a uniform greenish blue colour. {G. R. White.) I 

 have noticed many individuals in the township of Clarendon in 

 North Frontenac, Ont., during the past season (1903) and have 

 seen eggs that were taken near Trout Lake in a spruce and cedar 

 swamp. The eggs are lighter in colour and somewhat larger than 

 those of Wilson's thrush, and are readily distinguished by the 

 practised eye. {Rev. C.J. Young.) * 



museum specimens. 



Seven; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; ^"^^ 

 taken at Ottawa in April, 1890, by Dr. F. A. Saunders; one at Lon- 

 don, Ont., September, 22nd, 1886, by Mr. W. E. Saunders. 



One set of four eggs taken in North Renfrew, Ont., June 5th 

 1889, by Rev, C. J. Young. 



