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and farm buildings ; breeds. It usually arrives in April and 

 leaves in October. 



2S5. Troglodytes hiemalis. Winter Wren. — Uncom- 

 mon winter resident of the Virginias. It is probably to be found 

 also in summer near the tops of the highest Virginia mountains. 



386. Cistothorus stellaris. Short-billed Marsh Wren. — 

 The authority for the occurrence of this species in Virginia 

 is Mr. Freke who speaks of having occasionally met with it In 

 Amelia County on the margins of swampy ponds (Birds of 

 Amelia County). Mr. Freke does not mention C. palustris. 

 The capture of a female specimen at Washington has recently 

 been reported by Mr. E. M. Hasbrouck (The Auk, Vol. VII, 

 p. 291). 



387. Cistothorus palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. — 

 Common summer resident of the marshes of Tidewater Virginia, 

 arriving the latter part of April and departing in October ; breeds 

 abundantly near W^ashington. I once saw a stray one in Albe- 

 marle County. It is said by Mr. Doau to be tolerably common 

 along the banks of the Ohio and Great Kanawha Rivers. 



2SS. Certhia familiaris americana. Brown Creeper. — 

 Common winter resident of the Virginias. I liave met with it in 

 July on White Top Mountain in south-western Virginia, where 

 it probably breeds. It Vvill doubtless be found in summer in 

 other parts of the higher mountain region. 



389. Sitta carolinensis White-breasted Nuthatch. — 

 Common resident of the Virginias, less numerous in summer; 

 undoubtedly breeds. 



390. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. — Not 

 common winter resident. Mr. Freke met with it only once in 

 Amelia County on January 10th, during very cold weather. It 

 has also been recorded from Upshur County, West Virginia. I 

 have never met with it in Albemarle County. It is reported to be 

 not common around Washington, where it frequents especially 

 pine woods. I found it common in July on WhiteTop Mountain, 

 above the elevation of 4,000 feet. It doubtless breeds in that lo- 

 cality. 



291. Sitta pusilla. Brown-headed Nuthatch. — Resi- 

 dent in the Tidewater region. Not uncommon in Northampton 

 County, where Captain C. H. Crumb has found several sets of the 



