J C. H. Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



1 5. Parus Hudsonicus Forster. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



A rare accidental visitor from the north. In the July (1876) num- 

 ber of the Bulletin Nuttall Ornith. Club, I called attention to the first 

 instance of the capture of this northern chickadee in Connecticut: 

 "On Nov. 13, 1875, Mr. Robert Morris, while shooting in a wooded 

 ravine a few miles from town [New Haven], killed a female Hndsonian 

 Titmouse (Parus Hudson ici/s). The specimen is now in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Thomas Osborne of this city." Its occurrence so far south 

 must be regarded as purely accidental. Mr. Wm. Brewster took a 

 specimen at Concord, Mass., Oct. 30, 1870.* This was supposed to be 

 the most southern, and only Massachusetts, record, but as long ago 

 as 1839, Feabody tells us that it " has been found by S. Eliot Greene, 

 Esq., near his house in Brookline."f 



Family, SITTID^E. 



1 6. Sitta CarolinensiS (Gmelin) Latham. White-bellied Nuthatch. 



Resident; breeds. Not particularly abundant immediately about 

 New Haven, especially in summer. Its nest, however, has been 

 taken within city limits by the Stadtmuller Brothers. 



17. Sitta Canadensis Linne. Red-bellied Nuthatch. 



A tolerably common winter resident, arriving about the middle of 

 October (Oct. 13, 1875, abundant), and remaining till after the middle 

 of April (April 19, 1876, Osborne). 



Family, CERTHIID^E. 



18. Certhia familiaris Linne. Brown Creeper. 



A rather common resident; breeds. Particularly abundant in win- 

 ter, when it may frequently be seen running about on the elms in the 

 heart of the city. 



Family, TROG-LODYTID^E. 



1 9. Troglodytes aedon Vieillot. House Wren. 



A summer resident; breeds. Not abundant. Arrives late in April 

 or early in May (Apr. 27, 1869, Hartford; 27, 1877, Portland; May 



* Am. Nat., vol. vi, No. 5. p.' 306. May, 18T2. 



f A Report on the Ornithology of Massachusetts, by Wm. B. 0. Peabody. p. 402. 

 1839. 



