A Winter Record for the Hermit Thrush ( Hylocickla guttata fallasii) 

 in Eastern Massachusetts. — This species is sufficiently rare in winter in 

 Massachusetts to'make it of interest to record one seen by the writers in 

 Longwood, Brookline, Mass., January i, 1904., The bird was not at all 

 shy, and was observed for several minutes within a distance of a few feet, 

 so that its identification was easily determined. It was hopping about in 

 a clump of trees and bushes at the edge of a small pond, now and then 

 uttering its characteristic chuck. 



Another Hermit Thrush, or possibly the same one, was observed at 

 Chesnut Hill, Mass., on January 8, 1904. It was watched for several min- 

 utes while it was picking at a small crust of bread which lay on the snow. 

 As the two localities mentioned are at least three miles apart, it is impos- 

 sible to tell whether this was the same bird as the one seen on January 

 I or not. Messrs. Howe and Allen in their 'Birds of Massachusetts,' p. 

 95, give only three winter records for the Hermit Thrush for this State.— 

 Francis G. and Maurice C. Blake, Brookline, Mass. 



Auk, XXI, Apr. , 1904, p . ;? ^ 3 



_ Hylocichla guttata pallasii. Observed on January i, 1904, in Brook- 

 Ime, Mass., and January 8, 1904, at Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Auk, Vol. XXI, 

 p. 283).— Francis G. and Maurice C. Blake, Brookline, Mass. 



Auk, XXI, July. 1904. p . 39 / - 3?^, 



