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734. Cistotli.orus stellaris {Licht.) 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



Very rare summer resident. Nest found at Manchester in Cohas brook mead- 

 ows, 1899. 



726. Certliia familiaris fusca {Barton.) 



Brown Creeper. 



Common winter resident. 



737. Sitta caroliiiensis (Lath.) 



White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Common permanent resident. 



738. Sitta canadensis {Linn.) 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Common transient visitant, occasional in winter. Numerous flocks were seen 

 in August and September, 1899; an unusual occurrence. 



735. Parus atricapillus {Limi.) Chicadee. 



Common permanent resident. 



748. Regulus satrapa {Licht.) 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Not common transient visitant in late fall and darly spring. 



749. Reg'ulns calendula {Li7in.) 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Common transient visitant. 



755. Hyloclclila mustelina ( 6"?;^^/.) Wood Thrush. 



Common summer resident. 



The opinion of ornithological writers and lecturers that the southern boundary 

 line of New Hampshire constitutes an impassable barrier to the further northward 

 migration of the wood thrush is proved by observation to be erroneous. The 

 species is abundant in the Merrimack valley at least as far north as Concord and 

 there is little doubt that individuals may be found still further north. At Man- 

 chester the wood thrush appears to exceed the hermit thrush in numbers, while at 

 Concord the latter exceeds the former. Other considerations than those of lati- 

 tude evidently control the relative distribution of- the two species. For example, 



