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contained young and a single spotted egg. The latter, still in my 
possession, though in a fragmentary condition allows a measurement 
of .66 of an inch in transverse diameter. 
Hylociclila unalascae nanus (And.). Hermit Thrush. 
Mr. Burroughs’ remarks upon this Thrush (Wake Robin, p. 5 i) 
indicate it to be a not uncommon summer resident of this region; 
and undoubtedly it is somewhat generally distributed at suitable 
places on the mountains, although apparently absent from the valleys. 
Its song was frequently heard from elevated balsam woods, and 
high on the Slide Mountain a specimen was secured. Being repre- 
sentative of the more southerly breeding individuals of its species the 
measurements of this bird are appended : — 
Ad. $ June 25 , 1881 — length, 7.10; wing, 352; tail, 2 . 85 ; tar- 
sus, 1. 17; mid. toe, .66; bill, culmen and from nostril, .53—38. 
Merula migratoria (L.) Svv. & Rich. Robin. 
Common ; their songs at daybreak showing them to be much 
more so than observations at a later hour indicated. Two nests — 
June 6 and 13, 1880 — both but a few feet from the ground in small 
trees by the roadside, contained young almost able to fly. 
Minius Carol iuensis (L.) Gr. Cat-bird. 
Common along the more cultivated parts of the valley, a few ex- 
tending into the wilder portions about shrubbery bordering the way 
and the woods. 
Harporhynchus rufus (L.) Cab. Brown Thrush. 
Mr. Pearsall observed a single individual of this species in the 
lower part of the Big Indian Valley, though I failed to find it outside 
of the main valley, where two were noted. 
FAMILY SAXICOLIDFE ; STONECHATS AND BLUE- 
BIRDS. 
Sialia sialis (L.) Hald. Bluebird. 
Abundant along the line of the railroad, numbers being startled 
from the telegraph wires by the passing train. Less common in the 
Big Indian Valley, where a brood, noticed on June 11, 1881, were 
stated to have been in their nest, in a hollow stump, a few days pre- 
viously. 
