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rarely higher in a tree, 12 feet from the ground, May 30, 1896 

 (Camp and L. B. B.). 



Eggs. 3-5 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 12, 1894, five eggs (L. 

 B. B.). Latest record. July 8, 1882, three eggs (L. B. B.). 



The Brown Thrasher has been heard singing as late as Sept. 

 16 (1904) by L. B. B. 



A female with the bill unusually long and slender and the 

 maxilia extending .19 inch beyond the mandible, taken at New 

 Haven, May 2, 1892 (C. F. Hedges, in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Family TROGLODYTID^. Wrens. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham). Caro- 

 lina Wren. 



A rare resident of the soutliern border, having apparently 

 appeared, and certainly greatly increased, during the last few 

 years. 



Connecticut records. Merriam^ gave no records, but said, 

 " it doubtless occurs as a rare summer resident from the South 

 in the Connecticut Valley and along our southern border ". Nov. 

 15, 1878, Saybrook, one taken (J. N. C.)^; March 2, 1883, 

 Portland, male shot (C. H. N.)^; 1884, Portland, one reported 

 seen by Chas. Lincoln ; March 18, 1886, East Hartford, male 

 taken (W. E. T.)''; fall, 1891, Stamford, two taken (reported 

 by Hoyt) ; April 8, 1892, Bridgeport, male taken (Eames)^; 

 Oct. 23, 1894, Stamford, one taken (Hoyt, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; 

 Nov. 30, 1894, Stamford, male (Schaler) ; April 20, 1895, two 

 seen, June 13, 1895, same two and two young seen, near Bridge- 

 port (Fames and Taylor)^; Dec. 17, 1897, Lyme, one seen 

 (Brockway)^; April 7, 1900, Norwalk, pair seen (Smith)^; 

 July 15, 1901, Chester, nest with five eggs (Watrous)®; winter, 

 1901-2, Norwalk, pair wintered (Smith)®, May 2, 1902, Norwalk, 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. ii. 



•'Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, iv, i, p. 6i. 



^ Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, viii, 2, p. 120. 



*Auk, iii, 4, p. 489. 



^.Auk, X, I, p. 89. 



'Auk, xiii, I, p. 84. 



' Auk, XV, 2, p. 192. 



' Auk, xix, I, p. 91. 



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



