jAA SUMMER BIRDS. 



FAMILY SYLVIID^: TRUE WARBLERS — KINGLETS. 



Regains satrapa Licht. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Mr. T. Martin Trippe states '=' that he found this species breeding 

 in the Catskills, and says of it : "The golden-crested wren, I noticed 

 only on the summits of Round Top, and one or tw^o others of the 

 highest peaks On the eighth of July, I saw several young birds ap- 

 parently not many days from the nest. They were attended by their 

 parents and hid themselves from observation amid the densest hem- 

 lock boughs. At times the old birds uttered a lisping sort of warble, 

 beginning like that of Dcndrceca striata but winding up with a few- 

 sprightly notes similar to those of D. vircns. The )'oung had no 

 notes save the usual faint chirp." Near the summit of Slide Mountain 

 in 1880, I felt almost positive of seeing this species, but failed to get 

 as atisfactory sight or to secure a specimen. On subsequent visits to 

 the same mountain, although looked for, none were observed. 



FAMILY PARIDyE: TITMICE OR CHICKADEES. 



It is hardly to be presumed that the Hudsonian Chickadee {Pants Hud- 

 sonicits Forst.) ever occurs in summer so far south as the Catskills. 



Parus artricapillus L. Black-capped Chickadee. 



Noted at various places from the valleys to the mountain tops. 



FAMILY SITTID^: NUTHATCHES. 



Sitta Caroliuensis Gm. White-bellied Nuthatch. 



Seemingly not common : observed on three occasions only. A 

 pair followed by their young were seen near Summit, June 7, 1880. 



Sitta Canadensis L. Red-bellied Nuthatch. 



Inhabiting the stricken growths of Canada balsams upon the wild 

 slopes of Slide Mountain, this species was met with from an altitude 

 of about three thousand feet up to the extreme summit, where its 

 characteristic notes w^ere frequendy heard. 



FAMILY CERTHIID^: CREEPERS. 



Certhia familiaris rufa (Bartr.) Ridgw. Brown Creeper. 



Observed at different localities on Slide Mountain, almost to the 

 summit. 



* Loc. fit. 



