1^8 xoimr AMKiucAX uinns. 



He ^.pposed tins hi,..l to l.av. a n>ore nortlu.rn ,listnh„tinn tl.an hel-.n^s to 

 In iH. .ntc.no,. they a.c n.et with, according ,u Au.h.hon, as far nu.tl. as 

 t he ,sn„tlu.,.u ,sh.„v.s ..i Lake, En., whcv he ha.n.l the.n in tiu- a„t„„n,. Mr 

 Au.h.lM,.! ,.u,„l the.u more nun.en.us i„ Xew Jersey than anvwhere else L, 

 n^m, an.l Kentneky th.-y are co.uparatively rare. Mr. Kid^^.ay i„,onns „.e 

 that this ,s a rather e.nnn.nn siKries in Southern Illinois in the thickest 

 (laniji Nv..n,ls in the l...tt..n.-]a„.ls aha.n the Wabash ifiver 



Aeeenlh,,- to Wilson, the.se l.irds are anion,, the ninihlest of its fanulv an.l 

 aj. reniarl.jhly fon.l of spi.lei., .lartin, al.out when-ver there is a prohahiH 

 of hndin, these ni.seet.s. Where branches are broken and the leavi withered 



seurehes anion, then, in prelerenee, n.akin, a ,reat rustlin, as it In.nts ,; 



lieselrds are arboreal ui their prelerenees. residing in the interio, ,f 

 MOO, sand are .seldom seen in the op.n held.s. Thev resort to the , round 

 and turn over the d.y leaves in ,,uest of inseets. They are very n^sn^^ 

 cions and ea.sy of apjn'oacli. - ' ' 



Nnttall describes their notes and their hal,its as resenddin, the connnon 

 Pa>.s .....,.//., and remarks that they are constantly ntLrin, a e. i" 

 pki. ing call, soundni, like fsh,-,le.,lr-. 



Until .pute recently, nothing has been j.ositively known in regard to its 

 n st,n,. Audubon has described its nest as made of dry moss^ and t^ 

 ulk.n bloom of the hickory and the chestnut, and as built in bushes .1^^ 

 eet from the .round. Fie describes the e,,s as cream-colored, marked al^ 

 he larger end with reddi.sh-brown. These descriptions have not been e! - 



firmed, and all our n.formation has led us to look for its nest on tl round 



Mr. Tnppe states that it is found, but is not at all ..ommon, near Oranne' 

 A. 1 where it arrives about the mi.l.lle of May. It ha.s, at that time'^i 

 rapid, cliatterni, note, and it always, he siws, keeps near the .round, ami 

 besides ,t. clurtterin, son,, has in dune a series of odd notes: much lik 

 Lose of the M,ite-breaste.l Nuthatch, i.ut more varied and musical e 

 liardly entitled to be called a s..ii,. ' • 



Mr. T. H Jack,son of Westchest.M-, I'enn., in the American Naturalist for 

 )eeember, lS,;i^ mentions finding the nest ami e,,s of this bird. w"l ^ 

 ns aceonnt m his o... words: •■ , .„ the (Ith of dune, IH.i!,, I ,W„nd a Lst 

 ol thi.s species containing five e,u,s. It was placed in a hoMow on the .round 



"uch like he nest,s of the Oven-Mird (Sn.r ,.y/...). ,„, ,,,;! ,, ' 



Irom s,.ht by the dry leaves that lay thickly around The nest was cm 

 posed externally ,. d.d leaves, mostly those of the beech, while . ! 

 r was prettily Imed with the fine, thread-lii<e stalks of the hair-moss 

 /%(......). Altogether it was a very neat structure, an.l looke ^ 



tl.o-.g. the owner was habitually a gnaind ne.ster. The e-.. most n u v 



ma kings are fewer and less distinct. So close .lid (he femah, sit Uiat I 

 captured her without difficulty by ph.cing my hat over the nest." 



