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2, 1863; 3, 1876; 4, 1861, 1873, all Portland, Conn., Jno. H. Sage), 

 remaining till late in October (Oct. 26 and 30, 1875). 



20. Anorthura troglodytes, var. hyemalis (Vieiii.) Coues. Winter 



Wren. 

 A winter resident ; rather common during migrations. Have seen 

 it early in October (Oct. 2d), and secured a specimen on the 24th of 

 November, 1875. Mr. Grinnell has taken it every month during 

 winter. 



21. Telmatodytes palustris (Wilson) Baird. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



A common summer resident ; breeds abundantly in the brackish 

 water marshes bordering the Quinnipiac river, near New Haven. 

 Mr. A. J. Dayan and myself found dozens of completed nests, a few 

 of which contained from 1 to 5 eggs each, on the 7th of June, 1876. 

 Also breeds in suitable fresh water marshes throughout the State. 



22. Cistothorus Stellaris (Licht.) Cabanis. Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



A rather rare summer resident; breeding in suitable localities along 

 our southern border and in the Connecticut Valley. " New Haven," 

 Linsley. Dr. Wood tells me that it is not common about Hartford, 

 Conn. ; and Mr. Erwin I. Shores writes me that it breeds in a marsh 

 near Southwick (or Congannick) Ponds, in the town of Suffield, 

 Hartford Co., Conn, (close to the Massachusetts border). Mr. J. G. 

 Ely, of Lyme, Conn., writes me that the Short-billed Marsh Wren 

 breeds abundantly in that vicinity. 



Note. — The Great Carolina Wren, Thryothorus lAulomcianus 

 (Latham) Bonap,, has been known to breed in Massachusetts* and on 

 Long Island, and doubtless occurs, as a rare summer resident from 

 the South, in the Connecticut Valley, and along our southern border. 



Family, ALAUDID^. 



23. Eremophila alpestriS (Forst.) Boie. Homed Lark. 



A winter resident, occurring along the shore, and also in barren, 

 sandy, tracts, throughout the State. Mr. Dayan, Mr. Osborne, Mr. 

 Grinnell, and myself, have seen it here in fall (Nov. 18, 1874, C. H. 

 M.) and winter, and Mr. W. W. Coe has found it at Portland, Conn., 

 as late as March 26, (1875). 



*Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, vol. i, No. \\ p. 76. Sept. 1876. 



