42 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



House Wren. Troglodytes aedon. Once common summer resi- 

 dent. Rare now. May to September. Bird houses, fence posts, etc. 



Winter Wren. Troglodytes hiemalis. Transient visitant, April 

 and September. Brush. 



Short-Billed Marsh Wren. Cistothorus stellaris. Rare summer res- 

 ident, May 20 to September. Quasoponagon meadows. 



Long- Billed Marsh Wren. Cistothorus palustris. Not very com- 

 mon resident, May 19 to September. Quasaponagon meadows. 



Brown Creeper. Certhia familiaris americana. Common winter 

 visitant, October 27 to March. Tree trunks. 



White-Breasted Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis. Permanent resident, 

 common. Tree trunks. 



Red-Breasted Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis. Rather rare winter 

 visitant, October to April. Tree trunks. 



Chickadee. Parus atricapillus. Common permanent resident. 

 Birches and alders. 



Golden-Crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa. Winter visitant, com- 

 mon, September to April. Bushes. 



Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Regulus calendula. Common transient 

 visitant, April 18 to October. Woods and orchards. 



Wood Thrush. Turdus mustelinus. Rather common summer res- 

 ident. May 10 to September. Reedy meadow. Black Pond. 



Wilson's Thrush. Veery. Turdus fuscescens. Common summer 

 resident, May 6 to September. Quasoponagon meadows. 



Bicknell's Thrush. Turdus aliciae bicknelli. Rare transient visit- 

 ant, September 9 and May 14. Long Hill. 



Olive-Backed Thrush. Turdus ustulatus swainsonii. Transient 

 visitant, May 1 to October. Roadsides. 



Hermit Thrush. Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii. Common tran- 

 sient visitant and, since 1904, quite common summer resident, 

 April 1 7 to September 30. Rockwood's pasture. Black Pond. 



American Robin. Robin Redbreast. Merula migratoria. Com- 

 mon summer resident, sometimes winter visitant. Everywhere. 

 March 5 to November. A Robin roost is in Rockwood's pasture. 



Bluebird. Sialia sialis. Common summer resident, March 1 to 

 November. Orchards, roadsides. 



Man-Bird. Aviator biplane. Variety Milling. Very rare transient 

 visitant. Sept. 3, 191 1. 



Aviator monoplane. Variety Ovington. Very rare transient vis- 

 itant. Sept. 3, 191 1. 



