4. Turdus ustulatus swainsoni {Caban.) Coues. Olive-backed 

 Thrush. — Common at Grand Falls, especially in the hard woods and 

 more open fir woods. At Fort Fairfield it appeared to be rather common, 

 though seldom seen. Common and breeding at Iloiilton. 



BuU. N.O.O, 'j ,ii.;'r)as 1882, P.lOU , 



•StimiJier Birds of ecdbury, Oct. 



I ^758a. Olive-backed Thrush. Tolera-bly 1^ 

 I aaramon. Breeds. Fresh eggs July 4th. [ 



Turdus ustulatus swainsonii. Olive-backed Thrush. — Verj abun- 

 dant, almost equalling in numbers the Hermit Thrush. Thej are usuailj 

 excessively shy and difiicult to obtain, although several may be singing 

 within hearing at the same time. They frequent thick growths of spruces, 

 and from some commanding perch pour forth their rich song. If they 

 become aware of your approach even a gunshot or more away, they dive 

 down into the dense undergrowth, and a few soft alarm notes are the last 

 you hear of them. Squeaking to them will bring them to you for one brief 

 look, which satisfies them, but not you, for they generally see you first 

 and at close range. Sometimes they sing in the thickets of spruces, but 

 are more apt to have a particular perch, perhaps on some towering, dead 

 tree. I heard no songs that I had any reason to suppose were other than 

 true s-c«ainso,iiL for the possibility of finding bicknelU or alicia: had to 

 be kept constantly in mind. I found no young, even up to the last day of 

 my stay, but that proves nothing with a bird so retiring. They sang 

 more persistently and in greater numbers in the early morning and late 



Auk X, J&n. 1893. p.l4'/i" 



Birds of N.B. coast of Labrador 

 by Henry B. Bigelow. 

 82,83. Turdus ustulatus swainsoni. Olive-backed Thrush ; Turdus 

 alicik. Gray-cheeked Thrush.— One or the other of these thrushes 

 was common as tar north as Aillik. I supposed they were all the Olive- 

 backed, but one which I took at Battle Harbor proved to be a Gray-cheeked 

 which leaves me somewhat in doubt as to the identity of the others. 



Auk, XIX, Jan., 1902, p.SO, 



fk^/f, efo^d Q^<f^cl:/>, I 



I 287 Hylocichla ustulata swainsonii. Olive-backed Thrush.— Com- 

 ! men migrant, April 27 to May 26, and September 12 to October 14; 



earliest spring record, April 13, 1890; eariiest fall record, September 1, 



1906. 



