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dental. One instance (Chatham, Nov. 18, 1877, Deane, null. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, III, Jan., 1878, 45). Several recent instances of its capture 

 near Providence, R. I. (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, Jan., 1877, 

 20; Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 8.) 



*14. Parus atricapillus Linn. CHICKADEE. Common resident. 

 15. Parus hudsonicus Forst. HUDSONIAN CHICKADEE. Acci- 

 dental. (Concord, Oct. 30, 1870, Brewster, Am. Nat., VI, 306. Also 

 given as a bird of the state by Peabody, Rep. Orn. Mass., 402.) 



*16. Sitta carolinensis Gmel. WHITE-BELLIED NUTHATCH. Rather 

 common resident. 



17. Sitta canadensis Linn. RED-BELLIED NUTHATCH. Winter 

 visitant. Not generally common. The doubtfully supposed instance 

 of its breeding on the ground in Roxbury (May, 1877, recorded in Am. 

 Nat., XI, 565), proves to have been a mistake, the eggs taken proving 

 not to be those of that species. 



*18. Certhia familiaris Linn. BROWX CREEPER. Resident, but 

 most numerous in spring, autumn and winter. 



*19. Troglodytes aedon Vieill. HOUSE WREN. Rather common 

 summer resident. 



20. Troglodytes parvulus var. hyemalis Cones. WINTER 

 WREN. Winter visitant; not common. Perhaps breeds in the higher 

 mountainous portions of Berkshire County. (T. Martin Trippe gives 

 it as breeding in the Catskills, Am. Nat., VI, 47.) 



*21. Cistothorus stellaris Cab. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. 

 Locally common. 



*22. Cistothorus palustris Baird. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. 

 Common, like the preceding, at favorable localities. 



The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus Bon.) has been re- 

 ported as occurring in Roxbury, in the summer of 1876, but no speci- 

 mens were taken (Minot, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, Sept., 1876, 76; 

 Land Birds and Game Birds of New England, 1877, 74). 



23. Eremophila alpestris Boie. SHORE LARK; HORNED LARK. 

 Winter visitant, chiefly along the coast, where it is generally common 

 and sometimes abundant. 



24. Anthus ludovicianus Licht. TITLARK ; BROWN LARK. Spring 

 and autumn visitant, in small flocks. 



*25. Mniotilta varia Vieill. BLACK-AND-WHITE CREEPER. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



*26. Parula americana Bon. BLUE-YELLOW-BACKED WARBLER. 

 Rather common summer resident. 



*27. Helminthophaga ruficapilla Baird. NASHVILLE WARBLER. 

 Common summer visitant. 



28. Helminthophaga celata Baird. ORANGE-CROWNED WAR- 

 BLER. Rare or accidental. Only three instances of its capture thus 



