BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



203. Brown Creeper. Certbia familiaris americana. A fairly 



common migrant, and occasionally seen in winter. 



204. White-breasted Nutbatcb. Sitta carolinensis. A common 



resident througbout tbe year. 



205. Red-breasted Nutbatcb. Sitta canadensis. An irregular 



migrant, some seasons absent or rare, occasionally abund- 

 ant. In years of abundance some are apt to winter. Tbis 

 was tbe case in tbe fall and winter of 1899-1900, wben I 

 found numbers in deep bcmlock woods. IVIr. Williams 

 found a nest of tbis species in Wincbester, June 1, 1876. 

 He sbot tbe female for identification, and sbowed me 

 recently tbe nest, eggs and data. 



206. Cbickadee. Parus atricapillus. Common resident, less 



abundant in summer tban in spring and fall. 



207. Golden-cro^Tied Kinglet. Regulus satrapa. A common 



migrant, occasional in winter. 



208. Ruby-crowTied Kinglet. Regulus calendala. Ratber com- 



mon as a migrant. 



209. Wood Tlu-usb. Hylocicbla mustelina. A common sunmaer 



resident. 



210. Wilson's Tbrusb, or Veery, Hylocicbla fuscescens. A 



common summer resident. 



211. Gray-cbeeked Tbrusb. Hylocicbla alicise. A not common 



migrant, but some seasons, as in tbe spring of 1907, it 

 seems fairly numerous. Tbe kindred form, Bicknell's 

 Tbrusb, certainly must occur, but I bave no record. 

 Tbougb I am confident that I bave seen it, it is too mucb 

 like tbe Gray-cbeeked to be distinguisbed from it afield 

 with certainty. 



212. Olive-backed Thrush. Hylocicbla ustulata swainsoni. A 



common migrant. 



213. Hermit Tbrusb. Hylocicbla guttata pallasii. A common 



migrant and ratber rare summer resident on tbe higher 

 wooded elevations of the County. I found it in full song 

 on Bear Mountain, Salisbury, on July 5, 1906, where 

 Doctor Bishop had also previously found it, June 18, 

 1904. Mr. Milo B. Tobey, of Canaan, found a nest with 

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