\nh.s ,ni I hi liinls. 301 



I'diid .May IT. 1n!H». < >ni' seen in .Muninc (•(MiiiI.x .Ma.\ i:;. ISSC. Nnl iioIimI 



ill Carroll ("oiiiilx. alll ;:li it iluiihUcss ncmrs llicrc .imniiii Hit! tult-s aloii^; 



tlic old caual. 



'l-'l. ('i:i;iiii\ lA \i ii.i AUis \Mi:i{i( ANA i'>iiiia|)a ric. lacow \ ( ki;i:i'i:k. (72<i) 



A spriii;,' and fall inii;raiil. uoinu iiorlli very early in I lie spring' and rtMiirii- 

 iuK soiUli (iiiilc laic in the lall. 



(Mie of our most curious little lurds. readily Uuowii by its small size, 

 brown speckled suit, loiiji slender, curved Mil. and its iialiit of always liunt- 

 iii}! on the li-unl<s of tree-, slartiii;:- in near llie liround. Lcradually wni-kin;; 

 upward until a (•(.nsiderahle liei^lil is i-caclicd. Ilieii tlyinj; to the base of 

 another ncaili.\- tree :.,rii airain w (PiUin;,' njiward as before. 



CtirniU CiiHutji: A pair (male and female). laUen from a I i-ce near Cam- 

 don. Febiiiaiy 1. \s~U : day cdld and snowinj; hard. On February 1.".. another 

 pair taken on same lice, ibe (la\ v(>ry much colder than on lirst ; one seen 

 March ."». April (!. lss4. two seen in heavy timber just above tlie (Jraham 

 mill on Deer Creek, these beini; the first seen for some time. On April S.',, 

 one noted in Deer Creek bottom below the Porter mill. One seen November 

 3, 1906, by Miss Kvermann on a tree in the y.ird at her home in Burlington: 

 not seen again until January L's. l!M»s. wiieii she saw two in same yard. 



Vigo Count!/: Note.l near Terre Haute. March :!() and 31, 18SS. 



Monroe Voiinlii: One collected. October 10. ISSo : noted by G. (i. William- 

 son. May 31. 1888. 



1'23. SiTTA CAROLlNKNSIS CAKOI.I XKNSIS LatliaiU. 

 WIIITK-HREASTKl) NC 1-1 1 Al ( 11 . (727) 



A common and familiar iiernianent resident. 



Carroll Coniiti/: ( »n our home farm near r.iiiiiniiton. we always had. iu 

 the fall of the year, a laryc pile of line pumpkins in the corner of a Iot 

 near the house. Some of these were daily thrown over the fence into a 

 pasture where, after bein,s; broken or cut o|>cn. tliey were eaten by the cows. 

 Several nuthatches were always iibmit. ready to feed on the pumpkinseeds 

 which they wouM usually carry away and hi<le in holes or crevices in some 

 nearby tree. So intimately associated with the pumpkins were these amus- 

 ing little birds that we always called them "pumpkinseed" birds. Tlicy are 

 also called Tomtit. Collected a male May (i. 18S."i. in Deer Creek bottoms 

 near the old Dillen millrace. June iTi to July 1. UK)."), a pair iiote<l in pasture 

 west of house on home farm. Ava Kvermann contribiiies the folhtwing rec- 

 ords : .January 5. 1007. H'veral seen in llie woods with titmice, chickadees, 

 and woodipcckers. 'riirou^'biut Ibe winter n!KI(;-7) nuthatches were seen 

 on the trees in the (jrcb.ird .-iiid on an ash tree ne:ir the house: October 28. 

 one heard high uii in an elm: another seen same day. .Fannary 1. 1908, two 

 seen running up and down the trunk of a large backberry tree: their soft 

 but distinct twitter disclosed their presence: J.inuary :\. one hoard. 



Vif/o Coiniti/: January 11. IMK). a i)air collected northeast of 'rerre Haute.' 

 and a male obtained a week later on Honey Creek. 



Monroe Coinifif: January 1'2. iss:',. one or two noled ne.ir lUoomington. 



