Remarks on Five Maine Birds. — It appears that no formal announce- ! 

 ment of the occurrence of the Grav-cheeked Thrush {Hylocichla alicice) 

 in the State of Maine has ever been made, though the course the bird is 

 known to pursue in its migrations renders such an announcement of slight 

 ! importance. It may be stated, however, for the benefit of compilers, that 

 I this Thrush is a regular, not very common, spring and fall migrant in 

 '; southern Maine, reaching Portland in spring about the middle of May, 

 and in autumn about September 20. 



liuii. N.O.O, 7, July. 1882, p. / 89 . 



Birds of DeadEiver Begion, Mo. F. u. 0. 



1. IlyloeicMa alicue, (Grey-cheeked Thrush). 

 Two spechnens of this species were secured in 

 June, 1883. They may have been common, but 

 could not be distinguished from the Olive-backed 

 Thrush unless taken in hand. Some ornitholo- 

 gists decline to recognize this species as distinct 

 from //. mtvlata mainsom, the writer considering 

 it a debatable question. Both specimens alluded 

 to above were taken along the alder fringed banks 

 of the Carribossett river, and were evidently mi- 

 grating in company with others of same species 

 or the Olive-backed variety. 



O.&O. XI. Aug. 1886. p. U4 



