Auk, XIV, July, 1897. p. 3 ^S^. 

 Absence of Tardus aonalaschkas pallasii at Tadousac, Quebec, in 

 1896. — The almost complete absence of the Hermit Thrush from the 

 vicinity of Tadousac during the summer of 1896 was very noticeable. 

 During six weeks spent there in June and July, the only evidence I found 

 of the presence of the birds was a single family seen one day late in July. 

 In other years this species has been nearly as abundant as the Olive- 

 backed Thrush {T. u. s-waisonii), and many of each could be heard 

 every day, but last summer the Olive-backs alone were heard, and I 

 wondered where the Hermits had gone. The freeze of a couple of 

 winters ago which was so destructive to the Bluebirds in the Southern 

 States, doubtless is responsible, in part at least, for the sudden diminution 

 in the number of Hermits, and I have already seen some allusion made to 

 this species as one of the sufferers. —Jonathan Dwight, Jr., M. D., 

 Nexv York City. 



