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72. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Catbird. — Occurs rather commonly 

 along the streams in the valley. 



73. * Troglodytes aedon. House Wren. — Rare ; Mrs. Straw reports 

 that she has not seen them tor a number of years. 



74. Anorthura hyemalis. Winter Wren. — Mr. Torrey writes me 

 that he noted them several times during his visit in 1885, on the upper 

 part of the mountain. I was disappointed not to find them, but I am 

 certain they were not there in 1899 or 1900, for although the birds might 

 be overlooked, the song is not likely to escape notice. 



75. Certhia familiaris americana. Brown Creeper. — Onlv one ob- 

 served, near the upper edge of the timber. 



76. *Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. — Common. 



77. Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. — Observed but 

 once — a little group of four in the spruces near the summit. 



78. Parus atricapillus. Chickadee. — Fairly common on the lower 

 slopes. 



79. Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. —Their song- 

 was heard on several occasions in the heavy timber at the base and once 

 at about 2500 feet altitude. It is a prolonged bubbling warble, rather 

 lacking in musical quality. 



80. Hylocichla mustelina. Wood Thrush. — In 1S99, I heard the 

 song and alarm note of this species several times, in the damp maple 

 woods at the base. Once I saw the bird near enough to recognize it, but 

 did not secure it. I think there were at least two pairs nesting there that 

 year, but in 1900 I could find no trace of them, nor have they been 

 observed in Stovve Valley bv Mrs. Straw, so they are probably irregular 

 in their occurrence there. ^ 



81. Hylocichla fuscescens. Wilson's Thrush. — Common in the 

 valley; I heard them most often in the alders along the streams, but they 

 also occupy the maple woods at the base of the mountain, in company 

 with the Olive-backs and the Wood Thrushes. 



82. Hylocichla aliciae bicknelli. Bicknell's Thrush. — This is the 

 commonest and most characteristic species at the summit of the moun- 

 tain. It is really abundant in the extensive tracts of stunted firs and 

 spruces surrounding the northern peak (' The Nose ') and its range extends 

 doAvn into the upper edge of the tall timber- — to about 3000 feet altitude 

 — where it overlaps the range of the Olive-back. 



During the seven trips that I made to the summit, I was constantly on 

 the alert for a sight of the birds, and although I frequently heard them 

 all about me, so shy were they that I saw them probably less than a 



^ That their occurrence in northern Vermont is not unusual is evidenced by 

 a record from Willoughby Lake, by F. H. Allen (St. Johnsbury, ' Caledonian,' 

 Sept. II, 1896; quoted by Faxon and Hoffman in 'Birds of Berkshire Co., 

 Mass.,' p. 10). 



