172 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



At Ipswich, Mr. A. C. Bent and I found a Carolina Wren on February 7, 

 1909, in a spruce thicket on Castle Hill. It stayed there until April. At Swamp- 

 scott, Mr. A. P. Stubbs observed a Carolina Wren from March 30 to August 4, 

 1909. Miss Viola E. Crittenden,' on March 9, 1913, discovered a Carolina Wren 

 at Beverly in brush-piles near a brook ; it was in full song. On IMarch 30 a female 

 appeared. They raised two broods of three and two birds respectively. 



The courtship performances of loud and varied songs, pufifed-out feathers, 

 erected tail and bobbing and courtesies make this bird a most attractive com- 

 panion. Would that he would remain a permanent resident ! 



310 [721] Troglodytes aedon aedon Vieill. 



House Wren. 



Uncommon and local summer resident. May 8 to September 25. 



Eggs: June 5. 



I am afraid that the House Wren is not fond of Essex County. I have done 

 all I could to tempt him to my place at Ipswich by erecting houses with entrance- 

 holes so small that only he could enter, but so far without any success. I have 

 nothing to add to the statements in the original Memoir. 



311 [722] Nannus hiemalis hiemalis (Vieill.). 



Winter Wren. 



Uncommon transient visitor, very rare summer resident ; rarely winters. 

 April 4 to May 11 (June) ; September 2 to October 19 (winter). 



Mr. A. P. Stubbs found the Winter Wren in Oakland's Swamp, Swampscott, 

 on February 11, 191 1, and at North Saugus on March 19, 1913. From November 

 22, 1915, to March 26, 1916, he found a single bird wintering at Hall's Brook in 

 Lynn. One was reported at Ipswich on February 15, 1912, by Miss Lakeman. 



312 [724] Cistothorus stellaris (Naum.). 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Common summer resident, locally. May 6 to September 18. 



1 Crittenden, Miss V. E. Bird-Lore, vol. 15, pp. 222, 223, 1913. 



