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 Oven Bird. 



Seinrns aurocapillus (Linn.). Sag'-i-Ug'nuk'-es. 

 Bird-that-comes-when-the-buds-open (?). 



American Redstart, 



Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.), 

 or any very small bright bird, Skwiid'-es, Fire Bird 

 (skwut, fire). 



Catbird. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). Pso is'-ivi-sip'-sis, Cat Bird. 

 This name certainly did not exist until the whites brought 

 such an animal as psols into the Milicete country, but the 

 old name, whatever it was, could not be learned. 



Winter Wren. 

 Troglodytes liiemalis Vieill. 

 ( i ) A '-tiim-sub-i-keh'-sis. 



(2) Ha-tnu'-sub-i-keh'-sis, Little-Spider-Bird {liamn- 

 subehkw, a spider). A doubtful name, mistaken for the 

 first one. 



(3) Wai-nok'-tcls, Little-White-Man. This name 

 originated soon after the first settlement by the white 

 people. A certain boy then used to whistle like the Winter 

 Wren ; so it came about whenever the song of Alumsiibi- 

 kehsis was heard the Indians used to say "Wainoktcls, the 

 Little-White-Man." 



Brown Creeper, 



CertSiia familial is americana (Bonap.), 

 or any other bird that resembles it in appearance or 

 habits, such as either of the Nuthatches and the Black- 

 and-White Creeper, Wul-ges'-kwls, Little-Bark {zv\d\g(iskw, 

 outside bark), a significant name. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch, 



Sitta canadensis Linn., 



and perhaps the White- breasted Nuthatch, 

 Sitta carolinensis Lath. 



(1) Ba'-ftl-t-az'As, Little- Priest ; from bafilicis, a 



