LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 



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112. (724.) Short-hilled Marsh Wren (Cistothorus .stcllaris). Local status: 

 Local summer resident, generally rare. Site: On or near the ground in a tussock 

 of tall grass. Eggs: 6-8, white, rarely with a few lavender spots. Date: June 7. 



113. (725.) Long-billed Marsh Wren {Telmatodytes palustris). Local 

 status: Abundant summer resident. Site: In marshes, attached to reeds, 

 about 4 feet from the ground. Eggs: 5-9, uniform, minutely speckled or 

 thickly marked with cinnamon- or olive-brown. Date: May 31. Group, Hall 

 No. 304. 



114. (727.) White-bellied Nuthatch {Sitta carohncnsis). Local status: 

 Common permanent resident. Site: In a hole in a tree or stump. Eggs: 5-8, 

 creamy white, thickly and evenly spotted and speckled with rufovis and laven- 

 der. Date: April 17. 



115. (731.) Tufted Titmouse (Bccolophus bicolor). Local status: Not un- 

 common permanent resident in northern New Jersey and on Staten Island, 

 sometimes extending farther north. Site: In a hole in a tree, stump or similar 

 situation. Eggs: 5-8, creamy white, rather coarsely and evenly marked with 

 I'eddish brown. Date: ]\Iay 22. 



116. (735.) Chickadee {Pants atricapillus). Local status: Cominon per- 

 manent resident, less numerous in suinmer. Stte: In an old stump or hollow 

 limb, 5-15 feet from the ground. Eggs: 5-9, white, spotted and speckled, 

 chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown. Date: May 19. 



117- (755-) Wood Thrush {Hylocichla mustelina). Local status: Abun- 

 dant summer resident. Site: Generally in the woods, in a sapling about 6-8 

 feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-5, greenish blue. Date: May 17. Group, Hall 

 No. 208. 



118. (756.) Wilson Thrush; Weery {Hylocichla fuscescens). Local status: 

 Common summer resident. Site: In low, wet w^oods, on or near the ground. 

 Eggs: 3-5, greenish blue. Date: May 20. 



119. (761.) American Robin {Meriila migratoria) . Local status: Our 

 most abundant summer resident, of not infrequent occurrence during winter. 

 Site: In a variety of situations, most frequently in fruit or shade trees, 5-30 

 feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-5, greenish blue. Date: April 20. Group, 

 Hall No. 308. 



120. (766.) Bluebird {Siaiia sialis). Local status: Common summer resi- 

 dent, not rare in winter. Site: In a hollow tree or bird-house. Eggs: 4-6, 

 bluish white. Date: April 10. 



