58 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



703. Mimus polyglottos (Linn.). — Mockingbird. Sidney, North Platte and 



Lincoln (L. Bruner). This bird is becoming more abundant than 

 formerly in the state. 



704. Galeoscoptes caroliiiensis (Linn.). — Catbird. A very common nester 



over the entire state in suitable places. 



705. Horpfirhijnrhiis rufus (Linn.). — Brown Thrasher. Nearlj' as com- 



mon as the preceding throughout Nebraska. 

 715. Sfilpinctes olmjJetns (Say). — Rock Wren. Sioux Co. (L. Bruner); 



Cherry Co. (J. M. Bates). 

 721. Tiof/lodytes a'don Vieill. — House Wren. Eastern half of state, rarer 



westward. 

 721&. Troyhxlytcs frdou aztecns (Baird). — Western House Wren. Perhaps 



the commoner form here in the state. 



724. Cistothonis Stella ris (Licht.). — Short-billed Marsh Wren. In suitable 



places west to middle of state. 



725. Cistothonis [KilKStris (Wils.). — Long-billed Marsh Wren. A fairly 



common breeder in the state, especially in the Sand-hill Region. 

 727. Sitta caroHiioisis Lath. — White-bellied Nuthatch. Eastern Nebraska, 



Avhere it is a common nester. 

 727a. ySitta carolinensis aculeata (Cass.). — Slender-billed Nuthatch. Quite 



common westward, less so in eastern part of state. 

 730. l^ltta pygnuea Yig. — Pygmy Nuthatch. Omaha, "a rare resident, 



breeds" (L S. Trostler). 

 735. Parus atrlcapiUus Linn. — ^Chickadee; Black-capped Titmouse. Quite 



common in eastern Nebraska. 

 735o. Paivs atricnpillns septentrionalis (Harris). — Long-tailed Chickadee. 



Found nesting oAer entire state, most abundant in western por- 

 tions. 

 751. PoUoptUa cirnilcd (Linn.). — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Omaha and 



Bellevue (Mullen, Trostler and Wallace). 



754. Myadestcs toirnseiHlii (And.). — Townsend's Solitaire. Sioux Co., May 



25, 1900, two nests (Cary, Crawford, J. S. Hunter). 



755. Hylorichla vtustdimis (imel. — Wood Thrxish. A not iincommon nester 



in Nebraska where it is quite generallj" distributed. 



758«. Hi/lociehhi ustvlatas siniiiisonii (Caban.). — Olive-backed Thrnsh. Long 

 Pine (J. M. Bates); Sioux Co., in breeding season (L. Bruner). 



75U/>. ]{ii1ocichla aoiKilftschkd' ixiJlasii (Caban.). — Hermit Thrush. A Ida 

 (Bull. No. 2, U. S. Div. Ornith.). 



761. Mcrula mlgratoria (Linn.). — American Robin. Entire state, common. 



7()(). Sialia sialis (Linn.). — Blnebird. Over the entire state, but less com- 

 mon than formerly. 



7(;s. t<i<ilia arctica Swains. — Rocky Mounlain Bluebird. Sioux, Dawes and 

 Scott's Bluflt" Cos. (L. Bruner). 



ir. — A LIST OF SrC'lI OTIIEBS of OI'R birds as tTNDOUBTEDLY BREED HERE, 

 BUT CONCERXING WHICH MORE DEFINITE DATA AS TO SUCH BREEDING IS 

 DESIRED, TOGETHER WITH RECORDS WHICH ARE DEFINITE BUT NEED VERIFI- 

 CATION 



70. fiterna hiruiuJo Linn. — Common Tern. Observed in Cherry Co.. June, 

 1900 (J. S. Hunter); and in Holt Co., July (L. Bruner). 



