LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 31 
112. (724.) Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus stellaris). Local status: 
Local summer resident, generally rare. Stte: On or near the ground in a tussock 
of tall grass. Eggs: 6-8, white, rarely with a few lavender spots. Date: June 7. 
113. (725.) Long-billed Marsh Wren (T7el/matodytes palustris). Local 
status: Abundant summer resident. Site: In marshes, attached to reeds, 
about 4 feet from the ground. Eggs: 5-9, uniform, minutely speckled or 
thickly marked with cinnamon- or olive-brown, Date: May 31. Group, Hall 
No. 304. 
114. (727.) White-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis). Local status: 
Common permanent resident. Site: In a hole in a tree or stump. Eggs: 5-8, 
creamy white, thickly and evenly spotted and speckled with rufous and laven- 
der. Date: Apmil 17. 
115. (731.) Tufted Titmouse (Beolophus bicolor). Local status: Not un- 
common permanent resident in northern New Jersey and on Staten Island, 
sometimes extending farther north. Site: In a hole in a tree, stump or similar 
situation. Eggs: 5-8, creamy white, rather coarsely and evenly marked with 
reddish brown. Date: May 22. 
116. (735-) Chickadee (Parus atricapillus). Local status: Common per- 
manent resident, less numerous in summer. Site: In an old stump or hollow 
limb, 5-15 feet from the ground. Eggs: 5-9, white, spotted and speckled, 
chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown. Date: May 19. 
117. (755-) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). Local status: Abun- 
dant summer resident. Site: Generally in the woods, in a sapling about 6-8 
feet from the ground. Fggs: 3-5, greenish blue. Date: May 17. Group, Hall 
No. 208. 
118. (756.) Wilson Thrush; Veery (Hylocichla jfuscescens). Local status: 
Common summer resident. Site: In low, wet woods, on or near the ground. 
Eggs: 3-5, greenish blue. Date: May 20. 
119. (761.) American Robin (Merula migratoria). Local ‘status: Our 
most abundant summer resident, of not infrequent occurrence during winter. 
Site: In a variety of situations, most*frequently in fruit or shade trees, 5—30 
feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-5, greenish blue. Date: April 20. Group, 
Hall No. 308. 
120. (766.) Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Local status: Common summer resi- 
dent, not rare in winter. Site: In a hollow tree or bird-house. Eggs: 4-6, 
bluish white. Date: Apri ro. 
