Brewer.) 264 [May 7 
as are supposed to be all Mr. Atkinson’s examples not otherwise 
marked.! 
Regulus satrapa Licht. The long desired nest and eggs of the 
Golden-crowned Kinglet have, at last, been discovered. They were 
taken near Bangor, Maine, by Mr. Harry Merrill of that city. The 
nest was in a fir tree, some ten feet from the ground, globular in 
shape, semi-pensile in position, and contained ten eggs (Bull. Nutt, 
Orn. Club, rv, 96). 
Polioptila caerulea Sclat. I referred, in my previous paper, 
to a single specimen of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, shot in Chatham, 
Mass. Since then our New England collection has been enriched by 
a second specimen, procured by Mr. F. J. C. Swift of Falmouth, 
Mass., in that town, December 18, 1877. It was among some low 
bushes, on the borders of a fresh-water pond. Although taken in 
December, the weather was not severe at the time, as was shown by 
the absence of ice from the pond.? 
Certhia americana Bonap. A pair of the common Gray 
Creepers was found nesting near Taunton on the 27th of May, 1878, 
by Mr. Charles T. Snow. The nest was between the trunk and the 
bark of a dead pitch-pine tree, and contained young just ready to 
fly when fouud. This is the most southern record that we have of 
the breeding of this species. . 
Thryothorous ludovicianus Bonap. The Great Carolina Wren 
has been long looked upon as one of the birds that “ought to be 
found” in New England, and although we have been told that cer- 
1 Since the above was written, Mr. A. J. Lewis, of Columbus Square, Boston, 
informs me that on the 7th of December, 1878, he captured near Egleston Square 
-a male example of this species. It was in an open field, feeding on some 
berries, was in good condition, and is supposed not to have been a caged bird —a 
supposition which, however, the season of the year in which it was taken does not 
favor. 
2 Just as this paper is going to press, (Oct. 24th), my young friend Arthur P. 
Chadbourne writes me that on the 26th of Sept., 1879, at Osterville, Cape Cod, he 
captured an adult female example of Polioptila caerulea. This, so far as Iam 
aware, is the third example known to have been taken in New England. Mr. 
Chadbourne has kindly supplied me with the following memoranda: 
Length, 4.75 in.; stretch, 6.12; wing, 2.55; tail, 1.90; tarsus, .57; eyes, black; 
upper mandible, brown; lower mandible, light brown; feet, black; contents of 
stomach, insects and larvae. He also states that it was found in a wild cherry tree 
about 15 feet high, was in company with Pine Warblers and Chipping Sparrows, - 
which, however, it attacked and drove away when they came too near. It was 
very tame, and remained undisturbed when his near approach frightened the 
other birds away. 
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