BIRD NOTEy. i:.?r 



chose tor a nesting place a cannon that- v as u.'^imI (iaily but one was 

 ihii'y killed by bemg ramiued dov/n when loading the gun — "Ob- 

 server." 



Sitta <a!i"(Ioii.sis. Red-bellied Nuthatch, i., 26, 404— Common in winter 

 in N'iW England— F. B. v., 17, 260— A. siiiirle family of this species 

 Mlwervfd iu the Black Hills by Ge;>. Bird Grinnell in 1874— Ernest. 

 iML^cirsoli. v., 19, 292— Rare in Minn.; not givf n in Dr. Hatch's 

 ia741ist — Thos. S. Roberts, vi., 7, 99— Rare at Ann Ai'bor, Jlich : 

 resident ; breeds from April 20 to May 1 — A. B. Covert, vi.. 7, 100 

 — Common all the year at I^lonipelier, Vt.— W. A. Briggs. vi., 8, 

 115— Tolerably common at Trenton, N J., Feb. 16, 1876 -C. C Ab- 

 bott, vi., 12,180 Arrives in Central Kew York about April 1; 

 passes north to breed; returns in Oct. going South for tlie wii.ter — 

 H. G. Fowler, vi., 17, 200— Notio^d at Lake City, Minn.. April 21, 

 ]876— D. C. Estes. viii., iJ, 33— Residen-, at Webster, jS". H , 'but not 

 comtnon ; found them buikliug on Kearsarge IMountain in the summer 

 of 1875 — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 11, 160— A rare stra'rgler in Cen- 

 tal N. Y.; taken May 12, 1876- J. P. Hutchins. viii., 17,261 — 

 Found in Michigan— " Archer " (G. A. Stockwell). x., 25, 489 - 

 One shot at, Fort Hamilton, N. Y., July 20. 1878— De L. B.(erier). 

 xi., 16, 329 — Speaks of the peculiar accumulation of gum placed on 

 ihe edge of theliole of the tree which they inhabit — R. F. Pearsall. 

 xil.,4, 66— CoinmoQ inKova Scotia, especially iuAiinler — J. Ma'tbew 

 Jones, xii., 16, 307 — Observed several times in August near Como, 

 Wyoming— Geo. Bird Grinnell. 



Sitta caroliuensis. White-bellied Nuthatch, i., 26, 404— Common in 

 winter in New England— -F. B. v, 22, 340 Occasionally raise two 

 broods in a season near Trent n, N. J. — Chas. O. Abbott, vi., 7, 99 

 — Common near Ann Arbor, Mich; resident; breeds about May 1 — 

 A. B. Covert, vi., 7, 100— Common all the year near Montpelier, Vt. 

 — W. A Briggs. vi., 10, 148— Coniuion at all times at Fr.-rt Wayne, 

 Ind. - G. Aug. Smith, vi., 12, ISO— Resident in Central New York; 

 abundant and breeds — H. G. Fowler, viii., 3, 33 — Common resident 

 at Webster, N. H.; breeds ; found a nest iu a red oak forty feet from 

 the ground dag into the solid wo id, the last of May — Chas. F. Good- 

 hue, viii., 17, 261— Foundin Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). 

 ix, 19, 366— Partial albino taken at Ann Arbor, Mich. A. B. Covert, 

 xii., 2, 25 — Numbers were washed up on the shores of Oi;eida Lake, 

 N. Y, during a severe storni— J. P. Hutchins. xii., 4, 66 — Common 

 during some winters iu Nova Scotia, but rare during other winters — 

 J. Matthew Jones. 



Sitta earolinensis aciiloata. Slendor-ljilled Nuth^itch. v., 17, 260— 

 Found commonly iu the Black Hills by Geo. Bird Grinnell iu 1874 

 — Ernest Ingersoll. 



Sitta pusil la. Brown-headed Nuthatch, xii., 4, 66 — Very rare in Nova 

 Scotia — J. Matthew Jones, xii., 11, 205 — Now corroborated as a 

 bird of Nova Scotia on the evidence of Col. Bland. 



Siuriis aurifapilliis. Golden-crowned Thrush, ii., 12, 179— Found at 

 Grand Me. lau Island— J. H Baity, iv., 23, 358— Found at Petro - 

 lcu:u, W. Va . iu spring — Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 9, 132 — Common at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives May 1 ; breeds about May 20; departs in 

 Sept.— A. B. Covert, vi., 19, 301— Common summer resid nt at 

 Cleveland, Ohio-^^H. Ernst, vi., 21, 338— Noticed at Springfield, 

 Mass., 1 etweenMay lOa-^d 15, 1876— Fred. H. Keves. vi., 22, 354 

 —Arrived at iT'-llis, N. H., 7.1ay 10, 1875; Mav 9, 1876— W. H. Fo.\-. 

 vi., 26, 41S-N. tired at Sale.n, Mass., May i3, 1876-R. L. New. 

 comb, vli , 12, 180— A com on summer resident in Central New 

 York from the second week in May to the middle of Sepr. — II. G. 

 Fowler, viii., 3, 33 — Common at AYcbster. N. IT.; breeds every- 

 where— Chas. F. Goodhue. viii., 17, 261 — Found in Michigan, 



