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Rather uncommon summer resident ; not as numerous as 

 formerly. 



722. Anorthura hiemalis (Vieill.)- WINTER WREN. 

 Uncommon spring and autumn visitor, and rare winter resident. 



724. Cistothorus stellaris (I/icht.). SHORT-BILLED 

 MARSH WREN. Rather rare summer resident ; not uncom- 

 mon in autumn ; in the latter season it frequents the wild rice 

 along the banks of the Connecticut river. 



725. Cistothorus palustris (Wils.)- LONG-BILLED 

 MARSH WREN. Rather rare summer resident. 



726. Certhia familiaris fusca Barton. BROWN 

 CREEPER. Common spring and autumn migrant and winter 

 resident. Dr. J. A. Allen records a nest being found in Court 

 square, Springfield ; that is the only known instance of its 

 breeding here. 



727. Sitta carolinensis I/ath. WHITE-BREASTED 

 NUTHATCH. Common resident ; more numerous during mi- 

 gration. 



728. Sitta canadensis I/inn. RED-BREASTED 

 NUTHATCH. Rather common in migration, and an irregular 

 winter visitor ; some years being entirely absent, and others 

 common. In the winter of 1899 and 1900, they were more 

 numerous than they had been for a great many years. 



731. Parus bicolor I/inn. TUFTED TITMOUSE. Ac- 

 cidental visitor. It has been taken at Hartford. (See Mer- 

 riam's Birds of Connecticut, page 9.) 



735. Parus atricapillus I/inn. CHICKADEE. Com- 

 mon resident. 



748. Regulus satrapa I/icht. GOLDEN-CROWNED 

 KINGLET. Common spring and autumn visitor, and rare win- 

 ter resident. 



