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PASSERES. OSCINES. 



TROGLODYTIDAE. 



381. Xaxxus hiemalis (Vieillot) A. O. U. comm. 

 Winter wren. 



Troglodytes hiemalis Vieill., Nouv. diet, d'hist. nat., 1819, vol. 

 34, p. 514. " Nouvelle-Ecosse et daks l'Etat de Xew York." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, p. 128, pi. 121. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 2, fig. 14. 



Damp woods or thickets near water, and in migration, tangles, 

 brush heaps, and brier patches; nests in crevices of upturned roots. 



Me. — Common migrant and in northern part a common sum- 

 mer resident; very rare winter resident (Bangor). (April 1) April 

 9-Xov. 17 (winter). Eggs, May 20- June 3; Aug. 8 (2d brood). 



X. H. — Common migrant and less common summer resident, 

 local south of White Mts.; rare winter resident in southeast part. 

 April 5-Xov. 15 (winter). Eggs, May 20- July 23 (2d brood). 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant, less common summer resident in 

 mountainous parts south to Londonderry; may winter. April 7- 

 Nov. 24 (Dec. 30, Jan. 1). Eggs, June 4. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant, less common summer resident 

 (Berkshire Co., and locally east, Lynn, Winchendon) ; rare winter 

 resident near coast. April 4-29; summer; Sept. 2-Xov. 25; 

 winter. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident; rare local 

 summer resident (Washington Co., nest with young, May 24, 1908). 

 April; (summer); Sept.-Xov. 28; winter. 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant and less common winter resident. 

 Oct. 2-April. 



382. Cistothorus stellaris (Lichtenstein) Cabanis. 



Short-billed marsh wren. 



Troglodytes stellaris Licht., in Xaumann's Vogel Deutschl., 

 1823, vol. 3, tab. ad p. 724. "Carolina." 



