212 Woodruff, Birds of Shannon and Carter Counties, Mo. [\prii 



14 I secured a female Short-billed Marsh Wren in some witch-hazel bushes 

 in the dry creek-bed of Spring Valley, Shannon Co. Considering the fact 

 that tliis was in a dry, heavily-wooded and mountainous region with no 

 marshes within many miles, this record is very surprising. 



*141. Telmatodytes palustris iliacus. Prairie Marsh Wren.' — On 

 May 9, in Shannon Co., I saw three Prairie Marsh Wrens in as many 

 different places and several miles apart, securing two of them. Finding 

 these birds here was as surprising as in the case of the Short-billed Marsh 

 Wren, and for the same reason. 



142. Certhia familiaris americana. Brown Creeper. — Probably a 

 winter resident in Shannon Co. I found it March 11 and it was fairly 

 common till April 24 when the last were seen. 



143. Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — A common 

 resident. 



*144. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch.^ — Probably a 

 winter resident in the pine region of Shannon Co., but not common. I 

 found it March 11, 14, 24, 30; April 6, 17, 27; May 1, 9 and 12. Shannon 

 Co. 



*145. Sitta pusilla. Brown-headed Nuthatch.^,'' — On March 19 I 

 secured a pair of Brown-headed Nuthatches in some pines on the edge of 

 a clearing in Black Valley, Shannon Co. The female was flying back and 

 forth to an old, dead pine in a cornfield and seemed much disturbed after 

 I had shot her mate. The only other record for tliis bird in Missouri is a 

 bird seen by Mr. O. Widmann in St. Louis, May 6, 1878 and reported in 

 Nut. Bull., Vol. V, p. 191. 



*146. Baeolophus bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. — A common resident. 



*147. Penthestes carolinensis. Carolina Chickadee. — A common 

 resident. 



*148. Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. — Common until 

 April 23, when the last were seen. Found at Grandin March 8. 



*149. Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — A common 

 transient in Shannon Co. First seen March 19,^ and last seen May 4. 



*150. Polioptila cserulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — Common in 

 Shannon Co., arriving April 12. They were abundant throughout the 

 forest from May 4 to 7 inclusive. 



Fairly common at Grandin. 



151. Hylocichla mustelina. Wood Thrush. — Common. Arrived in 

 Shannon Co. April 25. 



*152. Hylocichla alicise. Gray-cheeked Thrush. — Common in 

 Shannon Co. April 28 to May 13 inclusive. 



1 Widmann. Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 252. 



2 Ibid., p. 254. 



3 Auk, Vol. XXIV, p. .349. 



* Widmann, Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 255. 

 5 Ibid., p. 258. 



