i88 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



A few Brown Creepers have been noted 

 on the Common. 



Mr. Maurice C. Blake furnishes one early 

 autumn record, that of a Brown Creeper 

 present in the Garden on September 24, 

 1904. 



103. White-breasted Nuthatch 



Sitta carolinensis 



On May 19, 1904, a White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch had come to the Garden and was 

 heard singing. No other birds often in com- 

 pany with nuthatches were present. It was 

 a cool, clouded day, with a maximum tem- 

 perature of 52° following an easterly storm. 



On April 7 of the same year a female bird 

 had been seen on the Common with a brown 

 creeper and a hairy woodpecker as com- 

 panions, working over the trees on Monu- 

 ment Hill. 



104. Red-breasted Nuthatch 



Sitta canadensis 



No spring record of the Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch has been obtained. 



