Scarcity of Thrushes. 



Concord, Mass. 



1893. One of the most marked phenomena of this interesting 



May 22, spring is the extreme scarcity of some of the snail Thrushes. 



The Hermit Thrushes passed us in such very siaall iima'oers that 

 Hofftnan saw only four, Faxon tout two or three, while I met 

 with just one I The Wilson's Thrushes appeared at about the 

 usual time and in fair niimbers Qut not a single Olive-bacls. or 

 Gray-cheek has been as yet reported. Faxon thinks they are 

 yet to come but it seems to me more probable that ^hey have 

 follov/ed the example of the Hermits and passed north by some 

 other route. 



Turdus a. pallasii . 



Concord, Iviass. Scarcity. 



1894. Hermits Thrushes have been exceptionally scarce. There 



Oct. 11 was a solitary bird at Ball's Hill on the 12th, 15th & 17th of 

 to 



Nov. 21. November. On the first of these dates when the ground was 

 covered with snow to the depth of five or six inches I saw 

 this bird, a 1 ittle ^sunset , eating black alder berries in a 

 swamp . 



