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This Wren does not breed anywhere near Mount Pleasant, but is simply 

 a migrant. It will, without doubt, be found breeding on the North Caro- 

 lina coast. 



Worthington's Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris griseus, which was 

 described by Mr. Brewster (Auk, X, July, 1893, 216), was a very common 

 resident breeding bird. In 1S93 I took many nests and eggs — all of 

 them being fully identified — but since that date I have taken but two 

 birds! They do not breed here now, and the bird is practically extinct. 

 The great cyclone of August 27-28, 1893, must have completely exter- 

 minated them, as it occurred at the height of the breeding season. This 

 Wren was a very late breeder, as full complements of their eggs could 

 not be taken until the first week in July, and two, or even three, broods 

 were raised. This Wren is very distinct — being a gray bird — with the 

 black of head confined to the extreme sides of head. There is no evi- 

 dence that it interbreeds with palustris or mariance and should be accorded 

 full specific rank. 



Since the above was written the July 'Auk' came to hand and I notice 

 an article by Mr. T. G. Pearson mentioning Worthington's Marsh Wren, 

 Cistothorus fialustris griseus, page 250, as taken at Beaufort, N. C, the 

 identification being made by Mr. Ridgway. I wrote Mr. Pearson to send 

 me these Wrens and they are both typical mariance. The August 2nd 

 specimen is in very worn plumage, but the characters are diagnostic of 

 mariana? — the crown being wholly black and the upper tail-coverts 

 showing traces of barring, this being plainly noticeable in spite of the 

 worn plumage. — Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Birds Feeding on Hairy Caterpillars. — In the July Auk, A. W. 

 Pernor, of Syracuse, N. Y., in a note on the ' Food of the Robin,' 

 expresses surprise at seeing the Robin feeding the larvae of Clisiocampa 

 americana to her young, saying that this is the first instance he has 

 known of any bird feeding on them except the Cuckoo. From my own 

 experience I can testify that the Baltimore Oriole eats them also. I have 

 no doubt that a little observation would give us a long list of birds which 

 eat them, judging from the list which has been found to eat Clisiocampa 

 disstria, a caterpillar about as hairy as C. americana. While in Brandon, 

 Vt, for a short time this spring, I saw the larva? of the latter eaten by 

 Baltimore Orioles, Red-winged Blackbirds, White-breasted Nuthatches, 

 Chipping Sparrows, Robins and Red Crossbills; and this list is extended 

 to no less than twenty-four species by the observations of Miss Caroline 

 G- Soule, who is working on C. disstria at that place. Besides those given 

 above, her list includes Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Cedarbirds, 

 both Cuckoos, Bluebirds, Flickers, Warbling, Red-eyed, White-eyed and 

 Yellow-throated Vireos, American Goldfinches, Catbirds and Yellow 

 Warblers, as well as Kingbirds, Phcebes, Great-crested Flycatchers and 

 Chebecs. The Flycatchers darted upon the caterpillars as they swung 

 suspended by their webs or fed on pendant leaves. — Mary Mann 

 Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



