HUm> OF (H\lT\rQlJA COUNTY. 



Skdia smli% The Bluebird, one of the earliest spring arrivals, is very 

 common. It usually makes its appearance about the same time as 

 the Robin. The Bl'uebinrs e:j:^B are blue, ordinarily, thoui^h I once 

 discovered a nest containing pure white ones. This is sometimes 

 the case. 



Ilecpdus calemhila, Tl)e Ruby-crowned Kinglet and II satrapa, The 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, among the smallest of our birds, sliglitly ex- 

 ceeding the Hummingbird in size, are with us during their migrations 

 in April and October. 



Panis afn'capHIus, The Black-capped Titmouse or Chickadee, though 

 small in size, has the hardihood to stay with us during the entire }'ear; 

 and is frequently seen in the door-yard in cold weather. Common. 



Sifta CaToUnensi.% The White-bellied Nuthatch is common, most so 

 in winter. Its coat is ashy-blue, black and white. Its manner of 

 alighting on trees resembles that of the woodpecker, though it as often 

 stands head downward as the reverse. 



^S'. canacknsis, The Red-bellied Nuthatch is a rare migrant in spring 

 and autumn. 



Certhiafamilicms r?{/a, The Browm Creeper, a migrant, is not common. 



' Proglodytes sedon, The House Wren, a well-known species, is com- 

 mon, arriving about the middle of April. 



Anorthiera troglodytes hyemalis^ The Winter Wren is rare. 



* Telmatodytes pabfstris^ The Long billed Marsh Wren, is not common 

 except in localities. 



The family Sylvicolidae. American warblers, is an unusually enter- 

 taining group, containing a large number of little birds about the size 

 of a Wren or slightly larger and resembling one another closely in 

 vsizo, habits and song,liat|«*e^^ting-agreat variety of bright feathers. 

 They are, with few exceptions, strictly forest birds"! To this family 

 belong the next eighteen species. 



Muiotilta varia. The Black-and-white Creeper occurs usually as a 

 migrant, though I have known it to nest here. 



Panda Americana^ The Blue Yellow-backed Warbler is rare. I have 

 seen it only in spring. 



Vendroica aestiva, The Yellow Warbler or Summer Yellow Bird, the 

 best known of the family, frequently builds its nest in a lilac bush or 

 shade tiee of the door-yard, and but that it is a quiet, modest, little 

 fellow might be familiar to everyone. It may be easily distinguished 

 from the other Yellow Bird, the Thistle Bird or Goldfinch bv its lack- 

 ing the undulating flight and the black wings and crown of the latter, 

 and by its activity and restlessness. Its under parts and the sides of 



