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the long 
thinks that it is very probable, however, that some breed in the dark evergreen forests towards the 
ned in north, as they do near the mouth of the Columbia, though he did not see any about the summits of | 
а the Sierra Nevada in September, at lat. 39° and elevation 7000 feet.” | | 
ne lis In the Salvin-Godman Collection are specimens from the following localities in California :— | E | 
ps Humboldt Bay, Nov. 25 (C. H. Townsend); Oakland, Dec. 29 (И. W. Henshaw); Walker's Basin, і Я 
a lab» Nov. 5 (Н. ЈУ. Henshaw); San Francisco (F. Grueber); Nicasio, Marin County, Jan. 4-31 (И. W.. | 
TN Henshaw) ; Greenwood Valley, El Dorado County, Dec., Jan. (4. Forrer). | 
N "m Dr. C. Hart Merriam found it very common in March in the coast-range south of Monterey | 1. 
ак (Auk, xi. р. 258, 1894). Мг. Belding, in his * Notes on the Birds of Central California " (Pru ы 
b Я Nat. Mus. i. р. 395), writes :—“ Arrives at Stockton in Central California (lat. 38°) about the middle | | 
м of November and leaves in March or April. It arrived at Soda Springs (lat. 39° 11’, alt. 6000 feet) | 
LL on October 1st. It is usually a common winter sojourner of the foot-hills, and also of the valley, in | 2 
E suitable localities, but I did not find it at Murphy's from the middle of November to May 1877 | Я i 
sim 21 (lat. 357 7, alt. 2400 feet), though in the following November and December it was abundant there.” fÉ. 
dlyit ext Dr. A. К. Fisher observes, in his account of the Death Valley Expedition (N. Amer. Fauna, | š 
шев fe No. 7, p. 147, 1893) :--“ Mr. Bailey saw several Varied Thrushes and secured a specimen at Monterey, | 
Lud іші Calif., the first week in October; he also found it common at Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz County, | || | 
2th of a and at Auburn, Placer County, during the latter part of the month. Mr. Nelson observed a few in | 30 
at dealt the lowlands about San Simeon, and found it common from Santa Maria south to Carpenteria and | E 
ЫЕ Santa Paula, where it was particularly numerous among the trees along the streams and in the | "ЈЕ 
аз h b cañon.” | | | 
о Майит Xantus obtained the Varied Ground-Thrush at Fort Tejon in November, and а specimen from | d 
wine 2 Fort Yuma is recorded by Baird in his report on Lieut. Ives’s exploration of the Colorado. This is | B i 
Island Pis apparently the southernmost point of its winter range recorded from the continent of North America ; | SIE 
"TI but, according to the A.O.U. * Check-list,” it has also been found on the island of Guadelupe. | ||| 
өрі бш The species occasionally wanders eastward on migration. Thus Professor Kellogg records m 
TUTO its first occurrence in Kansas (Auk, xi. p. 260), a specimen having been obtained by Mr. H. W. Ani 
jn Novel Menke in Finney County on Oct. 17, 1891. In the Henshaw Collection is a specimen of an | | | ⁄ 
see седі adult male bird procured at Carson, Nevada, by Mr. H. G. Parker. According to Prof. Elliott n. E 
w" “we Coues (B. Color. Valley, p. 20, 1878), four specimens have been captured in the Eastern United | SIE 
T States, viz., one in New Jersey (Cabot), one at Hoboken, New Jersey (teste Lawrence), one at Islip, | 4 
тай f Long Island (teste Lawrence), and one at Ipswich, Mass., in December (Maynard). | ТЕР 
анё Dr. Cooper gives the following notes on the habits of the species as observed by him in | M ng 
въ. Oregon and Washington Territory :—“ The Varied Thrush or Western Robin is common during | | | IEEE 
16 smt winter, and I think that a few remain near the coast all summer, as I have seen them in the | | ШЕГІ 
ш} 5 dark spruce forests in June and July. They are much more shy and retiring than the Robin | IE 
(Я em (Merula migratoria), and differ very much in song, which, as I have heard it, consists only of five or | { A 
ше. e six notes in a minor key, and in a scale regularly descending. It is commonly heard in the tops of | | ШЕ 
su, 10 и the trees, and in summer only in Ше densest of forests. In winter they associate with the Robins and | 7 
16 је feed much on the ground, sometimes coming around houses in cold weather." Dr. Suckley continues i 
on іші with his observations in the same volume:—“*In winter it is а shy bird, not generally becoming 
ir is noticeable in the open districts until after a fall of snow, when many individuals may be seen along 
"m. 4 the sand beaches near salt water. They are at such times tame and abundant, at least sufficiently 
T ий so for any ordinary shot to obtain a dozen specimens in a forenoon. 1 suppose they are driven out of 
ji git the woods during the heavy snows by hunger. "The species may frequently be found in company with 
Т: M the Robin (М. migratoria), with which it has many habits in common. Іп the winter it is a very 
: pe W у silent bird, quite tame, allowing near approach ; flying when the intruder comes too near, but alighting 
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