Ward , Townsend's Solitaire in Wisconsin. 
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TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE IN WISCONSIN. 
By Henry L. Ward. 
Although this western species, Myadestes townsendi (Audu¬ 
bon), was, in December, 1895, taken at Waukegan, Ill., close to 
our southern border and has been noted as far east as New York, 
there appears to exist no record of its occurrence within the limits 
of Wisconsin. 
Mr. Herbert L. Stoddard while collecting for the Milwaukee 
Public Museum in the Prairie du Sac region this summer, was 
told by an acquaintance, Mr. Albert Gastrow of West Point, Wis., 
that he had a bird which was unknown to himself or others of the 
neighborhood. On seeing the specimen Mr. Stoddard provision¬ 
ally identified it as a Solitaire and upon his return to the museum 
brought the specimen with him for more careful determination. 
The specimen, which proves to be a Townsend’s solitaire was 
taken on or about February 20th, 1910, by Mr. Gastrow in a 
ravine having its sides covered with juniper and located not far 
distant from the Wisconsin river in the town of West Point, 
Columbia county. The specimen was skinned and mounted by 
Mr. Gastrow, but was not sexed. He has since very graciously 
presented it to the museum where it is recorded as No. 9976. 
Another party resident in that locality is reported to have informed 
Mr. Gastrow that he had seen several of the same kind of bird 
at this locality in Winter, Spring and Summer, but Mr. Gastrow 
has himself been unable to find others. 
In this connection it may be recorded for what it is worth 
that when another of the Museum’s expeditions was at Wyalus- 
ing, Grant county, Wis., in the latter part of July, 1911, they 
were informed by a deputy game warden of that region of the 
recent appearance of a previously unknown bird. His description 
suggested the Mockingbird, but he insisted that he was familiar 
with this species and that these were different. When in the first 
half of August this party was at Rutledge, also in Grant county, 
some fishermen located near the main channel of the Mississippi 
on a some time island informed Dr. Graenicher of the recent 
advent of a number of individuals of a bird previously unknown 
