, . ' ,, -, • , BraD NOTES. . ' , IDT 



< ohose for a nesting place a cannou that was used daily, but one was , 

 fially killed by being rammed down when loading- the gun-^"Ob- 



scrver." ■ ■ ' 



Sitta canadensis. Bed-bellied Nuthatclj.. i., 36, 404— Common in winter 



iu Nbw England — F. B. v., 17, 260— A single family of tills species 



observed iu the Black Hills by Geo. Bud Grinnell, in 1874 —Ernest 



IngersoU. v., 19, 392— Rare in Mian.; not given in Dr. Hatch's 



1874 list— Thos.-S. Roberts, vi.,. 7, 99— Rare at Aijp, Aibor, Miph ; 



resident ;, breeds from AprirSO to May' 1 — A B. Covert: vi., 7,'lQO , 



— Common all the year at MontpeUer, "Vt.-r-W. A. Briggs. vi., 8, 



115— Tolerably common at Trenton, N J., Feb. 16, 1876— C. C Ab- 



,.„l3ott. vl., 13, 180 -Arrives in' Central New Yorkabopt April 1; . 



' ■' passes north to breed; returns in Dot. going SoutU for the wiiHer— 



■ H. G. Fowler, vl.,. 17, 366— Noticed at Lake, City, Minn., April 31, 



, . 1876— D. 0. Bstes. vili., 3, S3— Residen', at Webster, N. H , but not 



common ; found them building on Kearsarge Mountain iu the summer 



of 1875 — Chas. F. Goodhue, ^viii., 11, 360— A rare straggler in Cen-' 



tral N. T-, taken May 13, 1876-J. P. Hutchins. vii'i., 17, 261— 



Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). ,x., 25^ 489 



One rtot at Fort Hamilton,, "S, J., July 30, '1878-vDe -L. B.(erler). 



xi,,16, 330 — Speaks of the peculiar accumulation of gum placed on 



the edge of the hole of the tree which they inhabit — R. F. Pearsall. 



' • ■';'.- sii. ,4, 65— Common iuNoya Scotia, especiallyin winter — J.Matthew 

 Jones, xii., 16, 307 — Observed several times in August near Como, 

 Wyoming— Geo. Bird Grinhell. 



.Sitta earolineii^iso White-bellied Nuthatch, i..,' 36, 404— Common in 

 wLiiter in New England — F. B, v, 33, 340 -Occasionally raise two 

 broods in a season neaf Trent- 'n, N. J.-^Chas. C. Abbott, vi., 7, 99 

 , '— rComraon near Ann Arbor, Mich; resident; breeds abou,t May 1— 

 A. B. Covert, vi, 7, 100 — Common all the year near Montpelier, Vt. 

 —W. A Briggs. vi., 10, 148— Conimon at all times at Fort Wayne, 

 Ind. - G. Aug. Smith, vi., 13, IsO — Resident in Central'New York; 

 abundant and breeds— H. G. Kowler. vili., 3,''33 — Common resident 

 at Webster, N. H.; breeds; found a nest in a red oak forty feet from 

 I the ground dug into the solid wood, the last of May — Chas. F. Good- 

 hue. . vili. , '17, 861 —Found in Michigan— ' ' Archer "'(G. A. Stockwell). 

 ix, 19, 366— Partial albino taken at Aim Arbor, Mich.— A. B. Covert, 

 xii., 2, 35 — Numbers wer& wasted up on the shores' of Oneida Lake, 

 N. Y., during a severe storm-r-J. P. Hutchiris. xii., 4, 66 — Common 

 . during some winters in Nova Scotia, but rare during other winters — 

 J. Matthew Jones. - '. 



Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slendej-billed Nuthatch, v., 17, 360— 

 .Found commonly in the Black Hills by Geo. 'Bird Grinnell iri 1874 

 ^Ernest IngersoU. , •' ; ' , . 



Sitta pnsiila. Brown-headed Nuthatch, xii., 4, 66 — Very rare in Nova 

 Scptia — J. Matthew Jones, xii.,' 11, 205-r-Now corroborated as a 

 bird of Nova Scotia on the evidence of Col. Bland. 



Siuriis aurieabillns. Golden-crowned Thrush, ii., 13, 179— Found at 

 Grand Men iin Island — J. H. Batty. ,iv., 33, 358— :^o\iad at Petro- 

 Idum* W. Va , in spring — Ernest IngersoU. vi., 9, ''133 — Common at; 

 Ann Ai'Wor, Mich.; arrives May 1 ; breeds about May 30; departs in 

 Sept. — A. B. Covert.- vi., 19, 301— Common summer resid nt at 

 Cleveland, Ohio^ll. Ernst, vi., 31, 338— Noticed at Springfield, 

 Mass., 1 etween May 10 and 15, 1876— Fred. H. Keyes... vi., 33, 354 

 —Arrived at Hollis, N. H., May 10, 1875 ; May 9, 1876- W. H. Fox. 

 vi:, 26, 418-Notieed at Salem, Mass., May i3, 1876— R. L. New- 

 comb, vii, 12, 180— A.coiii Mon summer resident in Central New 

 York from the second week in May, to the middle of Sept. — H. G. 

 Fowler, viii., 3,^83 — Common at Webster, N. H.; breeds every- 

 where— Chas. F. Goodhue, vili., 17, 361— Fouiid in Michigan, 



