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340. Toxostoma nifum. Brown Thrasher. 



Common summer resident. Occasionally observed in winter. 

 April 26 ( Amity ville) to Oct. 29 (Prospect Park). 



341. Thyrothonis ludovicianus. Carolina Wren. 



Rare permanent resident. Locally, as at Gardiner's Island, 

 it seems fairly common (Chapman, Bird-lore, v, 1903, p. 178, 

 C. G. Abbott). It has been recorded as nesting at Flushing 

 and at Roslyn (Deane, Bull. N. 0. C, iv, 1879, p. 184; 

 Conklin, Auk, xiv, 1897, p. 97). There are many recorded 

 instances of its occurrence. 



342. Troglodytes aedon. House Wren. 



Common summer resident. May 6 (Parkville) to Oct. 6 

 (Lake Grove, A. H. Howell). 



343. Olbiorchilus hiemalis. Winter Wren. 



Rather common transient in fall and rare winter visitant. 

 Sept. 25 (Parkville) to March 25 (Montauk). 



344. Cistothonis stellaris. Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 The only unquestionable evidence of the occurrence of this 



species on Long Island has been obtained by Mr. A. H. Helme, 

 who has one skin, taken at Miller's Place, in the autumn of 

 1901. 



345. Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Locally abundant summer resident in the sait marshes. May 



4 (Flatlands) to Oct. 8 (Springfield). 



346. Certhia familiaris americana. Brown Creeper. 

 Common winter visitant, sometimes abundant in autumn. 



Oct. 6 (Parkville) to April 12 (Prospect Park). 



347. Sitta carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Common permanent resident, but rare in winter. 



