^"'iqS'"] Howe, of Wihon's and Willow Thnos/ies. 1 9 



speak to Dr. Walter Faxon in regard to this specimen, and lie 

 spoke of always having noticed a peculiarity in late fall migrants 

 of this species in New England. This led me to look into the 

 matter more carefully with the following results. 



I find that the range of typical Hylocichla fiiscescens extends 

 northward to Nova Scotia (Streuracke) ; Toronto, Ontario; 

 northern Ohio; and westward to Missouri. Audubon recorded 

 it from Newfoundland (Orn. Biog., II, p. 362) and Labrador, the 

 species, however, was probably Hylocichla alicice. Mr. William 

 Brewster recorded it from Ellis Bay, Anticosti (Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. His , Vol. XXII, p. 368) where he writes "rather to my 

 surprise I came upon a pair of these Thrushes, .... they were 

 seen so distinctly that there can be no doubt as to the correctness 

 of the identification." The birds, however, were not taken. 

 Thompson in ' Birds of Manitoba ' (Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 Vol. Xm, p. 633) records this species as an " abundant summer 

 resident," and gives the following localities where the species 

 has been recorded: I^emljina; Red, River Valley; Selkirk, and 

 Red River; Shoal Lake; Oak Point; Portage la Prairie ; Lake 

 Manitoba, and westward; Carberry ; Qu' Appelle; but Thomp- 

 son's records for typical Hylocichla fuscescens are probably at 

 fault, the bird inhabiting this region (Manitoba) being un- 

 doubtedly Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola, for the specimen (Coll. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 1 12606) from Shoal Lake, Manitoba, I have 

 examined, and it is typical of this last named race, as are many 

 other specimens examined from the same region. Two speci- 

 mens (Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Nos. 63847, Pembina, Dak., and 

 13698, Rainy Lake River), identified by Mr. Ridgway as H. 

 fuscescens are without doubt salicicola, though slightly intermediate, 

 as might be expected, being taken on the border line between 

 the two races. 



The range of Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola Ridgw., Willow 

 Thrush, is from Missouri (Charleston) and Dakota westward to 

 the Rocky Mountains (Washington, Spokane), south to New 

 Mexico and Arizona, and northward to Manitoba, Rainy Lake 

 I-liver and British Columbia ( Kamloops) . A series of specimens 

 from Codroy, Newfoundland, in Mr. William Brewster's collec- 

 tion I find to be typical salicicola, but I am unable to obtain any 



