"1883.] 369 [Brewster. 



tinctly that there can be no doubt as to the correctness of the iden- 

 tification. Audubon states that he met with Wilson's Thrush in 

 Labrador, as well as Newfoundland ; 1 but it does not seem to 

 have been since detected much to to the northward of Halifax 

 (N. S.), on the Atlantic coast. 



3. Turdus pallasi, Cab. — Hermit Thrush. 



Owing probably to the superficial character of our investiga- 

 tions we failed to detect the Hermit Thrush at any point south of 

 Anticosti. On that island, as well as every where along the 

 North Shore, it was an abundant species, although one which was 

 oftener heard than seen. When after a long day's buffeting with 

 the rough seas of the gulf, our vessel came to anchor in some 

 quiet cove, the song of this Thrush was sure to be prominent in 

 the chorus of bird-music wafted to our ears by the soft land 

 breeze. And long after the others had ceased, its rapt soliloquy 

 would continue until twilight deepened into night and the 

 streamers of the aurora began chasing one another from the hori- 

 zon to the zenith. Heard under such conditions the performance 

 was unusually impressive. 



4. Turdus swainsoni, Cab.— Olive-backed Thrush. 

 Generally distributed, but nowhere so numerous as in portions 



of northern New England. It was exceedingly shy everywhere, 

 and although I made repeated efforts to secure specimens only 

 one was taken. This bird, an adult female shot at Fox Bay, An- 

 ticosti, July 11, does not differ from more southern examples. I 

 noticed little variation in the songs or notes of different individ- 

 uals, and have no reason to suspect that any of them were T. 

 aliciae ; although it will not be surprising if the latter species 

 occurs on Anticosti, for Coues found it breeding abundantly in 

 Labrador in 1860. * 



5. Regulus calendula, Linn. — Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



A female seen at Fox Bay, Anticosti, July 11, was the only 

 individual observed during the trip. 



6. Mniotilta varia, Linn. — ■ Black-and-white Creeper. 



On July 9 a male was heard singing at Fox Bay, Anticosti, 

 and two days later another was met with and secured, about a 



i Since writing the above I learn from Mr. George 0. Welch that he found Wilson's 

 Thrush common, and gererally distributed along the southern coast of Newfoundland 

 during the summer of 1883. 



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