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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Yol. 14-No. 9 



180. GdleoHcoptes carolinensis (Linn,). Cat- 

 bird. Summer resident; abundant. Arrives 

 first week in May. Nidificates by third week 

 in that month; eggs, four to five. Departs 

 last week in October. 



181. Harporhynchm ntfus (Linn.). Brown 

 Thrasher. Summer resident; common. Ar- 

 rives second week in April. Nidificates by 

 May 20; eggs, three to five. Departs first week 

 in October. 



182. Thryothnrns ludotirlnnuH (Lath.). Car- 

 olina Wren, Resident; tolerably common. 

 Nidificates by the second week in May; eggs, 

 five to seven. 



183. Trofflodytes cedon (Vieill.). House 

 Wren. Summer resident; common. Arrives 

 last week in April. Nidificates by May 20 ; eggs, 

 four to six. Departs last week in September. 



184. Tro(/lodytes hyeuuiUs (Vieill.). Winter 

 Wren. Winter resident; common. Arrives 

 last week in October, and remains until the 

 second week in April. 



IS'). Clstnf horns prdustfrla (Wils.). Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren. Summer resident; very 

 rare. I took one nest and set of five eggs, 

 June 1.5, 1886, near the Octoraro Creek, below 

 Atglen, this county. 



180. Certliid fanulinris nniericanu (Bonap.). 

 Brown Creeper. Winter resident; common. 

 Arrives last week in November, and remains 

 until the last of April. 



187. Sitta curoUnenifis (Lath.). White- 

 breasted Nuthatch. Resident; common. Nid- 

 ification commences by the first week in May; 

 egg.s, five to eight. 



188. Sittn canadenftiii (Linn.). Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch. Winter i-esident; rare. Arrives 

 first week in November, and leaves in April. 

 I have taken several specimens of this species 

 along the Octoraro, during the month of De- 

 cember, where they seem to be more common 

 than elsewhere. 



189. Pnrm bicolor (Linn.). Tufted Tit- 

 mouse. Resident; common. Nidificates by 

 the last week in April; eggs, six to eight. 



190. Parus atricajnllun (Linn.). Chicka- 

 dee. Resident; commcm. Nidificates by 

 April 2.5th; eggs, four to eight. 



191. Rer/ulus satrapa (Licht. ). Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet. Winter resident; common. 

 Arrives first week in October, and leaves the 

 second week in April. 



192. Betinlus calendula (Linn.). Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet. Transient visitant; common in 

 migration; a few remain throughout the winter 

 months some seasons. Arrives first week in 

 April, and again by the last week in September. 



193. Polioptlla cmrideu (Linn.). Blue-gray 

 Gnatcatcher. Summer resident; tolerably 

 common. Arrives second week in April. Nid- 

 ificates by May 10; eggs, four to five. Departs 

 last week in September. 



194. Tardus mustelinus (Gmel.). Wood 

 Thrush. Summer resident; common. Ar- 

 rives last week in April. Nidificates by the 

 third week in May; eggs, three to five. De- 

 parts the last of Octobei". 



195. Tnrdus fuscencens (Steph.). Wilson's 

 Thrush. Summer resident; rare; in migrati«m 

 common. Arrives second week in May. Nid- 

 ificates by the last of the month ; eggs, four. 

 Departs by October. 



196. Tardus ustulatus sioainsnnii (Cab.). 

 Olive-backed Thrush. Transient visitant; 

 common. Arrives the last of April, and again 

 by the first week in October. 



197. Tardus ao)ialasr/ikce pallasii (Cab.). 

 Hermit Thrush. Transient visitant; common. 

 Arrives seccmd week in April, and again by 

 the tliiid week in October. 



198. Merula mUjratoria (Linn.). American 

 Robin. Summer resident; abundant. It fre- 

 quently appears in February, generally not 

 until the first week in March. Nidificates by 

 the tliird week in April; eggs, four to five; 

 two broods. Departs by November 1. 



199. Sialia slalis (Linn.). Bluebird. Sum- 

 mer resident; common. Arrives second week 

 in February. Nidificates by first week in 

 April; eggs, four to six. Departs by second 

 week in December.* C, B. Ressel. 



A Series of Eggs of the Pine Warbler. 



Nineteen nests of the Pine Warbler {Dcn- 

 droica ti(jorsH)iire before me, and they exhibit 

 so much uniformity of construction that the 

 description of one will suffice for all. 



They were all built on the horizontal limbs 

 of pine trees, from two to twelve feet from the 

 trunk, and the height frotn the ground varied 

 from twenty to eighty feet. The most usual 

 distance, however, was about fifty feet. They 

 are composed of small strips of grape-vine 

 bark, closely woven together, and have a 

 great quantity of white cocoons on the outside. 

 Inside they are lined with fine grass and horse- 

 hair, with a good many feathers. Some nests 

 have fewer of the latter than others, but one 

 of them is lined with feathers of the Cardinal 



* We have received a nuinber ot communications 

 questioning the identity of Sf>me of th ; l)irds given in 

 tliis list, the writers believing that those relerred to 

 cannot l)reed in th.e locality. In our next is>-ue we will 

 liublish notes from them. — F. B. W. 



