Naushon Island, Mass.
1900.
May 20, 21
(No 6)
  4. Harporhynchus rufus. - Only one noted, a male singing in
oak scrub near the north shore on the
morning of the 21st.
  5. Parus atricapillus. - Common throughout the wooded
portions of the island. All that I heard
whistling gave the ordinary phoe-bee note
without the additional syllable sometimes
used by the birds on Martha's Vineyard.
  6. Sitta carolinensis. - Common throughout the open woods.
The fine old oaks and birches with their
massive trunks, untrimmed branches and
numerous cavities afford unlimited feeding
& nesting accommodations for these Nuthatches
& they are more numerous here than I
have ever found them elsewhere in Massachusetts
save perhaps on Mt. Graylock.
  7. Mniotilta varia. - Abundant in the old woods where
they seemed to be settled for the season.
  8. Compsothlypis a. usneae. - Abundant throughout the
open woods and wooded swamps where 
the trees, everywhere were thickly hung
with Usnea. I have little doubt that
the birds I saw were settled for the summer.
They would have to go far to find a
better breeding ground.
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