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fled into the thickest parts. When all was quiet they would 

 cautiously approach until within a few feet of me. seeming- 

 ly prompted by curiosity. Fearing the complete extermi- 

 nation of a species so restricted in distribution, I refrained 

 from taking more specimens. All that I secured were taken 

 within an area of sixty by three hundred feet, nor were any 

 seen elsewhere. A frightened female uttered a few " twit' r 

 " twits" of alarm, but with this exception they were utterly 

 silent. 



A careful and protracted search during the greater part 

 of two days, with the aid of my Mexican companion, failed 

 to discover the whereabouts of a nest, the eggs of which 

 remain unknown. 



LIST OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED. 



No. 24S3. Contained insects and two pine seeds. Length, 131mm. Extent, 

 165 mm. 



No. 2484. Sex not determined. 



No. 2482. Ovaries large. Eyes, dark brown. Contained insects. 



No. 2485. Ovaries small. 



No. 2488. Ovaries large. 



30. Sitta canadensis. 



BED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Tolerably common among the 



