ANNOTATED LIST. 85 



(272) 724. Cistothorus stellaris ( Licht.). Short-billed 

 Marsh Wren. — A rare summer resident. Mr. B. LaFarge 

 found it nesting at Newport.^ 



(May 15) to (October i). 



(273) 725. Cistothorus palustris (Wils.). Long-billed 

 Marsh Wren. — An abundant local summer resident. It is 

 found in the Newport, Middletown and Point Judith marshes. 

 They can be heard singing all night throughout the summer. 



May (15) 30 to October 6, a few possibly winter. 



(274) 726. Certhia familiaris fusca (Barton). Brown 

 Creeper. — A common migrant, and winter resident. 



September 2 to April 26. 



(275) 727. Sitta carolinensis Lath. White-breasted 

 Nuthatch. — A not uncommon migrant, and winter resident, 

 breeding locally. 



September 14 to April 22, a few in summer. 



(276) 728. Sitta canadensis Linn. Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch. — A not uncommon spring, and fall migrant, and winter 

 resident. 



September 9 to October 3 (November 25). 



(277) 735. Parus atricapillus (Linn.). Chickadee. Black- 

 capped Titmouse. — An abundant resident, observed more often, 

 however, during the winter months. 



(278) 740. Parus hudsonicus Forst. Hudsonian Chick- 

 adee. — A casual winter visitant. A bird was taken at Smith- 

 field on November i, 1880, by Mr. Thomas Adcock, and recorded 

 by Mr. F. T. Jencks.^ 



' Dr. Rives' List, p. 35. 



" Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, No.— p. 54. 



Allen's Revised List Birds Mass. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. I, 

 p. 261. 



