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ing out of sight in palmetto clumps. The 

 northern bird was not seen. 



98. Titlark. \Anthus pennsilvanicus.) 

 Several small (locks noted along the river 



bank. 



99. Mockingbird. (Mitnus polyglotlus.) 

 Often seen, but not abundant. A male at 



Orange Hammock was the finest singer and the 

 best imitator of other birds' songs that I have 

 ever heard. I was so often fooled by it that I 

 ceased to believe my ears when I heard a Chat 

 or Bluebird singing. I several times found 

 myself looking for these and other species that 

 I never saw alive about Orange Hammock only 

 to wind up by listening to a rapid and almost 

 continuous volley of the songs and call notes of 

 the Chat, Bluebird, Purple Martin. Summer 

 Tanager, Cardinal and others. During his long 

 residence there Mr. Driggs rarely shot a bird 

 and his views were shared and carefully respect- 

 ed by us so that many species were common and 

 tame. 



100. Brown Thrasher, (Harporhynckus 

 ru/us. i 



Not often found; usually seen skulking about 

 the edges of palmetto "islands" where I caught 

 one in a steel trap that I had baited with finely 

 cut up bird meat. 



101. Florida Wren, i Thryothorus ludovi- 

 cianus miamensis. ) 



Of general distribution about the swamps and 

 Hammocks, where it was in full song. I failed 

 to detect any difference in its notes from the 

 more northern form. 



A pair always bred about Mr. Driggs, build- 

 ings in a bos. 



in2. Short-bihed Marsh Wren. (Cisto- 

 thorus stellaris.) 



Found only in the sawgrass near Lake 

 Arbuckle where it was fairly common. 



103. Long-billed Maksh Wren. (Cistolno- 

 rus pal u si i is.) 



I saw a Marsh Wren, perhaps this species, 

 while passing through the canal about Cypress 

 Lake on February 26. 



1(14. House Wren. (Troglodytes ad 



Oftener heard than seen in the scrub palmetto 

 of the pine woods. 



H)5. Florida Nuthatch. (Sitta carolinensis 

 aikinsii.) 



I secured two males of four birds seen and 

 heard While at Lake Arbuckle. None found 

 elsewhere. These specimens agree well with 

 Mr. Scott's description. The relative extent of 

 black on the wing is greater than in any birds 

 that I have collected about Washington, D. C, 

 and the light edges are also much narrower. 

 There is also a difference in the color of the 

 base of the lower mandible not mentioned 

 by Mr. Scott. In my specimens of aikinsii it is 

 dark slaty, while in all my Washington caroli- 

 nensis it is pale brown v. The feet and tarsi 

 also are nearly black and form quite a contrast 

 when placed by the side of Washington birds. 

 I have seen specimens from localities between 

 Florida and Virginia which had the feet and 

 bill intermediate in color. The measurements 

 of these two Florida birds, and also four Wash- 



ington specimens of about equal degrees of 

 wearing are added below: 



sitta carolinensis atkinsii. 



3895 Lake 



A r buckle, 

 Fla 

 3882 Lake 



A r b tickle, 

 Fla 



Wing. 



3.48 



3.30 



SITTA CAROLINENSIS CAROLINENSIS. 



1259 Alex- 

 andria Co.. 

 Va. 



1308 Wash- 

 ington, I). 

 C 



Jo n Wash- 

 ington, I). 

 C 



5123 Fair- 



106. Brown-headed Nuthatch. [Sitta 

 pusilla.) 



Hardly common, but often seen. 



107. Tufted Titmouse. [Parus bicolor.) 

 A very few were found at Lake Arbuckle. 

 lis. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. (Regulus ea- 

 ten III/,!. 



At intervals, one of these birds would be 

 found singing in an orange tiee; also seen at 

 Lake Arbuckle. 



109. Blui gray Gnatcatcher. (Polioptila 

 ccerulea. ) 



Quite common at Lake Arbuckle about the 

 edges of the cypress: few seen elsewhere. 



110. Won. Thrush. (Turdus mustelinus.) 

 An occasional bird seen in the live oaks along 



the river. 



111. Hermit Thrush, i Turdus aonalaschkae 

 pal la i 



Si n occasionally; not common. 



112. American Robin. Merula migratoria.) 

 Abundant: either well out on the prairies or 



in the pines. Very tame. 



113. Bluebird. \Sialia sialis.) 



Quite common about openings in the pines; 

 also where the pines point out into the prairies: 

 usually in pairs, resident. 



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