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low ebh, 1 occasionally noted it as tolerably common 

 up to 1893, but not again until 1900, if five pairs in one 

 square mile can be considered so. It builds in hedges, 

 greenbriers and thorn bushes. Its rich song, beauti- 

 ful form and inoffensive ways should make it an ob- 

 ject of special protection. 10 



56. House Wren, TrogloJvtes aedon. Quite a number of 

 people have complained that they have not seen a 

 Wren for years, while as a matter of fact they have 

 been common enough the past few years at least, 

 though often co-mpelled to resort to the cavi- 

 ties and odd corners of outbuildings for breeding pur- 

 poses. I have had no trouble to keep a pair about the 

 garden by merely erecting a small box with an inch 

 augur hole for entrance and narrow slits under tlie 

 eaves to give it ventilation. The English Sparrow 

 cannot get at it. 1 have found from ten to twelvt* 

 pairs the last three years, 22 



57. White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta caioliiiensis. This 

 square contains a poor representation in the breeding 

 season, common at all other seasons however. One 

 pair. 2 



58. Carolina Chickadee, Pams iiirolinensis. Present in 

 an old orchard. Common only in the fall and spring. 



1 have never found its nest. 2 



59. Wood Thrush, Hylochichla mustelina. Few birds 

 are more often robbed of their eggs by the boy col- 

 lector than this species. It is, I think, a little less 

 numerous than formerly. In this neighborhood it is a 

 bird of the woods and thickets exclusively ; but like 

 so many of our wood birds, it builds its nt-st not far 

 from a road or opening. Twenty to twenty-one 

 pairs. 40 



60. American Robin, Mnru/a niioratorici. I once counted 

 forty-five nests placed in shade trees on either side of 

 an avenue in the short distance of two squares. Pro- 

 bably not more than two or three nests are built by a 

 single pair in liigh or protected situations, while as 



