I70 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



nest (Smith) 1 , Sept. 11, 1902, New Haven, young male taken 

 (L. B. B.) ; Oct. 31, 1902, Guilford, young female taken, another 

 seen, and still another Nov. 4, 1903 (L. B. B.) ; 1903, Norwalk, 

 tow pairs nested (Smith) 1 ; Nov. 4, 1903, Leete's Island, one seen 

 (L. B. B.). 



After 1903 records of this species in Connecticut ceased, and 

 it is probable that nearly all of those Wrens perished in the cold 

 winters of 1903-4 and 1904-5. In the winter of 1908-9 the 

 Carolina Wren again appeared in numbers : New Haven, Dec. 

 25, 1908 — March 6, 1909, two seen on a dozen dates (A. W. H., 

 C. H. P., D. B. P.), May 26, 1909, one (L. B. B.) ; Bethel, March 

 17, 1909, one (R. C. Judd) ; Bridgeport, May 9, June 1, 1909 

 (H. W. B.) ; Portland, Feb. 22, 2^, June 11, 12, 18, 1909 (J. 

 H. S.) ; Hartford, May 16, 1909, one seen (Smith, Powers, and 

 Gabriel). Since then we have no records until Nov. 16-23, 191 1, 

 when a male was seen and heard singing at East Hartford by 

 W. E. T. The bird remained and was in full song Aug. 20, 1912. 

 Westbrook, Aug. 4, 1912, nest with two young (Mrs. L. W. 

 Gregg). Probably this Wren still occurs near Stamford, where 

 it was apparently firmly established as early as 1895. 



• Troglodytes aedon aedon Vieillot. House Wren. 



A tolerably common summer resident of orchards from May 

 to September; not abundant anywhere, and apparently decreas- 

 ing in numbers. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 26, 1909, April 24, 1906 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 19, 1896. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 14, 1907, Oct. 16, 1906 (E. 

 S. W.) ; Portland, Sept. 26, 1893; East Hartford, Oct 16, 1887 

 (W. E. T.). 



Nest. In a hollow in a tree, commonly an apple, in a post or 

 a building, occasionally in the deserted nest of a Baltimore 

 Oriole. 2 Height from ground, 6 to 18 feet. 



Eggs 3-8, the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 23, 1884, three eggs 

 (L. B. B.). Latest record. Aug. 12, 1900, five eggs (W. R. 

 Nichols). A set of eight eggs was collected in Westville, New 

 Haven, May 30, 1894 (H. W. F.). 



^Bird-Lore, v, 5, pp. 163-4. 



^Bird-Lore, i, 5, p. 166. Oologist, xiv, 6, p. 58. 



