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evidence in early May. In September it leaves the 

 wood and we hear the "yank yank" in our gardens and 

 trees along the city streets. 



12. (727) WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 



Resident all the year ; most common in autumn. In 

 the spring I see it in May, but October is the month asso- 

 ciated with this nuthatch, for I am reminded of the first 

 time I met with it. One crisp, sunshiny October morning 

 we saw that blue, gray and white color scheme running 

 down a tree trunk at the entrance of Riverside Cemetery 

 and it followed us with its "yank yank" to the bridge over 

 the railroad. 



FAMILY CREEPERS 



13. (726) BROWN CREEPER 



A spring and autumn migrant ; may be seen during the 

 winter. Arrives April lo and after. Some years quite 

 common and seen till the last of May. It returns in late 

 September (once I saw one in August) and disappears by 

 November. A party of us saw and heard one at River- 

 side Cemetery January 24, 191 5. The song is a fine siz. 

 In spring a tiny warble is sometimes added. 



FAMILY WRENS 



14. (722) WINTER WREN 



A rare migrant. Seen in the vernal migration from 

 the middle to last of April and in autumn during October 

 and November. My fall date is October 6 and I heard 

 one sing April 29. The song is one of the most brilliant 

 and surprising of all our songsters. Wilcox says it is 

 "exquisite and brilliant, one of the rarest of our sylvan 

 melodies." There is a quality that reminds me of the song 

 of the ruby-crowned kinglet and also of a sylvan strain 

 of the Canadian warbler. 



