THE BIRDS OF ONEIDA COUNTY. 145 



212. Sitta canadensis LINN. 728. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Seen occasionally throughout the County during migrations, and 

 in the northern part during the breeding season. Breeds. Nest 

 taken May 14th, 18S6, at Trenton Falls, contained five eggs, 

 nearly hatched. The hole was four inches deep and fifty feet from 

 the ground, in the dead top of an ash, in a swamp. There were 

 quantities of gum about the hole and running down the tree. 

 The nest was composed of strips of bark, a little moss and a few 

 feathers. The eggs closely resembled those of the white breasted, 

 except in size, averaging .62 x .47 inches. 



213. Paras atricapillus LINN. 735. 



Chickadee. 



Abundant summer and winter. Breeds. This is the most com- 

 mon of our winter birds, but we are unwilling even to hazard an 

 opinion as to whether the birds of winter are the same ones which 

 are with us in summer, or are migrants from further north. 



214. Parus hudsonicus FOKST. 740. 



Hudsoiiiaii Chickadee* 



Dr. Merriam has found this species breeding in TIerkimer and 

 Hamilton Counties, where it is very local. 



215. Regulus satrapa LICHT. 748. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



A common migrant. 



216. Regulus calendula (LINN.). 749, 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



A common migrant. 



