84 The Wilson Bulletin.— No. 44. 



644. Olbiorchilus hyemalis. Winter Wren. — Of this bird Mr. H. 

 reports: "Mr. Lorry writes me that he noted them several times 

 during his visit in '85 on the upper part of the mountain. I was 

 disappointed not to find them, but I am certain they were not there 

 in '99-00, for although the bird might be overlooked the song is not 

 likely to escape notice." This is a most interesting report, for 1902 

 found a different record, so that I give a full acount of the distri- 

 bution as I found it. At Bingham Falls and further down the North 

 Branch. Once both seen and heard at the junction of the Branches 

 (July 20 for latter record); also in the Notch. Again about 

 half-way up the mountain road. Four pairs about the summit. 

 Heard on the underbill slopes and once at the Chin on the Notch 

 slopes. As Mr. H. says, it would not be likely that this bird could 

 be overlooked if present. From June 13 to 18 song heard about the 

 Summit House from faintest dawn till after 9 P. M., and singing 

 daily till July 28, but song not continuous after about June 20. I 

 could never decide if the song sounded the more beautiful in the 

 deep forest among the mossy tree-trunks about whose prostrate 

 forms spinulose ferns clustered, and where water filtered and drip- 

 ped and lay in tiny pools, or where the rich silvery notes greeted 

 one in the closing hours of the day as the glowing tints of sunset 

 faded from the sky and mountain tops, and purpling shadows folded 

 in the magnificent rocky ramparts of the ridge. 



65. Sitta carol inensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — Not common, 

 but well up the mountain ranging with the Chickadee. 



66. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. — June 12 in maple 

 wood at base of mountain, and twice on South Branch. Was sur- 

 prised not to find this bird more generally distributed, and think 

 an earlier exploration in the Notch would have changed my record. 



67. Parus atricapillus. Chickadee. — Feeding young at base of 

 mountain June 8. Well distributed on North Branch and hillside 

 below the plateau. On mountain road among the hemlocks. Not 

 abundant. 



68. Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. — But once, at 

 foot of mountain. 



Hylocichia mustelina. Wood Thrush. — Mr. H.'s record for this 

 Thrush is, "I think there were two pairs nesting there in 1899," and 

 "heard the song and alarm note several times in the damp maple 

 woods at base." In 1900 could find no trace of them, nor have they 

 been observed by Mrs. Stowe in the Stowe Valley, so they are prob- 

 ably irregular in their occurrence there. Early one morning I 

 thought I identified the song in the direction of the maple woods, 

 of which Mr. H. writes, but the distance was too great to hear a 

 whole phrase. This was the only occasion when any note was 

 heard which could be related to this species, though I searched 

 and listened diligently. 



69. Hylocichia fuscescens. Wilson Thrush. — Only on the South 

 Branch and in growth of young maples approaching base of mount- 



