ed line between the two counties mentioned, are the Mud Islands 

 and Seal Islands. These are almost entirely covered with 

 a low growth of evergreens — black spruce and balsam fir. 

 Except the Robin, the Song Sparrow, the Snowbird, and a few 

 Redstarts' and Winter Wrens, almost the only small land-birds 

 breeding here are the Black-poH Warbler and ^^^^^^ 

 Puget ^°J'^^;^^;;P:'';eep vhl'ceous, the back, scapulars, and ™mp,how- 



^r^^ri :;:iitet:l^Cl c -sir ^e^La, b^ck ..as on heaa 



^^^^ 



\u i,lnr natch being light primrose-yellow, except the c"^^""'' 

 to the jugu P-^^^^^^ J fore part of crown shghtly 



which IS white, blacRjuguid i feathers Wing, 4-oo; tail, 



broken by very narrow pale yellowish tips to feathe. 



..80-, u S NatMus. Ft. Steilacoom. March 



Aduli ? , >n sfrtng (No. 8733. U- b. ^ cinnamon ; mid- 



20 1856; Dr. Geo. Suckley) : Lesser wing-co^ erts b. ight c 



was liicknell's Thrush, lately identified in the Catskill and in the 

 White Mountains, and named in honor of its discoverer. It was 

 so abundant, and not particularly shy for a Thrush, that I had 

 the most ample opportunity for the study of its habits ; and sev- 

 eral specimens were secured and retained. Next to its lesser 

 size, in structural peculiarity, is its 'slender, depressed, and finely 

 curved bill, compared with which that of the typical Ol.ve-back 

 seems thick and clumsy. While singing, which occurred through- 

 out the day, but more especially in the evening twilight and early 

 morning, the bird delighted to perch in the top of the evergreens, 

 often on the very tip, where its bright, brown figure, with 

 elevated head, was quite conspicuous. On the ground and in 

 taking its food, its habits were precisely like those of other 

 Thrushes. 



To find the nest of this species was my great desideratum ; and 

 though the bird was so numerous, it was by no means an easy 

 task Many an hour did I thread ray way through almost im- 

 penetrable evergreen thickets before I could secure the much 



