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with wool and fine grass fibers, in hole 6 in. deep in rotten stump about 2 ft. 

 high; nest entrance 18 in. above ground; low woods; five eggs, incubation 

 just begun. (E. G. H.) Near Autaugaville, April 16, 1909; five fresh 

 eggs; nest in hole in rotten oak stump, 5 ft. above ground on wooded hill- 

 Bide. (L. S. G.) 



176. Regulus satrapa satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. — 

 Rather common winter resident. Generally found associated with the 

 Ruby-crowned and often with Chickadees. 



177. Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — 

 Rather common winter resident, more numerous than the Golden-crowned. 



178. Polioptila csarulea cserulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — 

 Common summer resident. In Autauga Co., preferring scrub oaks. 

 Data: Autauga Co., near Booth; April 17, 1910; nest of moss, lichens, 

 cotton, etc., (much like a hummingbird's), 4 ft. out on branch of oak, about 

 22 ft. above ground, on wooded hillside; three slightly incubated eggs. 

 (L. S. G.) 



179. Hylocichla mustelina. Wood Thrush. ' Swamp Sparrow.' 

 — Very common summer resident, inhabiting alike moist and dry situa- 

 tions. Data: Booth, April 27, 1908; nest of moss and leaves, lined with 

 grasses, 8 ft. up in fork of haw bush on roadside in woods; three fresh eggs. 

 Nest contained no mud. (E. G. H.) Barachias, May 12, 1909; four 

 incubated eggs in nest of leaves and mud, Uned with rootlets, 6| ft. up in 

 haw bush in woods. (E. G. H.) 



180. Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni. Olive-backed Thrush. — 

 Two taken April 30, 1913, in low woods-pasture at Barachias. Two more 

 taken in same place May 2. 



181. Hylocichla guttata pallasi. Hermit Thrush. 'Swamp Spar- 

 row.' — Rather common winter resident, found in summer haunts of the 

 Wood Thrush. 



182. Planesticus migratorius migratorius. Robin.— Abundant 

 winter resident. 



183. Planesticus migratorius achrusterus. Southern Robin. — 

 Rare breeder. Two pairs nested in 1890 in yard of Mr. John L. Cobbs in 

 Montgomery. (W. C. Avery, Am. Field, XXXV, 1891, page 55.) 



184. Sialia sialis sialis. Bluebird. — Common permanent resident. 

 Almost exterminated by severe winter of 1894-1895, but gradually in- 

 creasing generally. Considerably smaller numbers of breeding birds ob- 

 served during spring and summer of 1912, in Autauga Co., than in past few 

 years. Data: Autauga Co., near Prattville, April 15, 1906; nest mere 

 bunch of dried grass and feathers in hole 6^ ft. up in pine stump in open pas- 

 ture; five fresh eggs. (E. G. H.) Vicinity of Bear Swamp, Autauga Co., 

 May 31, 1909; four nearly fresh eggs in well made nest of grass in hole 

 10 ft. up in dead elm in cornfield on edge of swamp. (L. S. G.) 



