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201. [727] Sitta carolinensis Lath. White-breasted Nuthatch.* 

 Common resident. Attempts at song March 8, 1902; five days earlier 



they were seen going in and coming out of a cavity in a tree, which they 

 afterwards used as a nest. 



202. [728] Sitta canadensis Linn. Red-breasted Nuthatch.* 



Common migrant and rare winter resident. September 20 to May 12. 

 "They were found wintering at Bloomington the winters of 1882-3 and 

 1885-6" (Blatchley). Also winters of 1884-5; 1902-3. 



MIGRATION BECOKD. 



