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incubation not having been begun. Locality, a sandy 

 field growing up to pitch pines, in one of which the nest 

 was placed, about three feet from the ground. The pair 

 was secured, with the nest and eggs. 



95., Galeoscoptes carolinensis Cab. (Mimus carolinensis 

 Gray,). Cat Bird. Very abundant, breeding in hedges, 

 thickets and swamps everywhere. Arrives the last week 

 in April; leaves about middle of October. 



96. Harporhynchus rufus Cab. Brown Thrush. Brown 

 Thrasher. Abundant summer visitant. Breeds in hedges 

 and thickets, occasionally in fields, near woods or thick- 

 ets. The nest is very generally placed on the ground ; very 

 rarely in bushes, one to three feet from the ground. Among 

 scores of nests I have seen here, only three were placed in 

 bushes, though most authors describe it as always nesting 

 in bushes. But whether the nest is placed on the ground 

 or in bushes may depend upon the nature of the soil, as 

 many birds vary the situation of their nest according to 

 circumstances. Those nests I have observed on the 

 ground have all been in dry and sandy, and consequently 

 warm, localities, favorable for nesting in such a manner; 

 while in some cases where the nest has been found in 

 bushes the ground was cold and wet. Here in the Con- 

 necticut Valley the nest is almost universally placed on 

 the ground, and only in a few exceptional cases in bushes. 



97. Troglodytes aedon Vieill. House Wren. Summer 

 visitant. Not very common. Breeds. 



98. Troglodytes (Anorthura) hy emails Vieill. Winter 

 Wren. Rare spring and autumn visitant; occasional in 

 winter. Found in swampy thickets and borders of moist 

 woodlands. A specimen was taken in January, 1863, 

 by Mr. B. Hosford. 



All the Wrens are quite rare here, and though I have 

 really detected no others, probably others occur very 

 sparingly, as Telmatodyt es palustris Cab., and 'very possibly 

 Cistothorus stellaris Cab., and Troglodytes americanus And. 

 Dr. W. Wood has found the short-billed Marsh Wren 

 (Cistothorus stellaris) breeding in the river marshes, at 

 East Windsor Hill, Ct. 



99. Certhia americana Bonap. Brown Creeper. Com- 

 mon. Resident; but most numerous in winter. Found 



