Probable Breeding of the Red-bellied Nuthatch near Boston. — I am 



requested bj Mr. F. H. Mosher to report that he saw in June, 1899, in Med- 

 ford, Mass., a Red-bellied Nuthatch {Sitia canadensis) busily engaged in 

 catching and carrying away larva;, presumably to its young. Mr. Mosher 

 failed, however, to locate the supposed nest, for the Nuthatch, as he was 

 tracing it through the woods, was set upon by a Wood Pewee and driven 

 out of sight. 



On other occasions during the summer of 1899, this species was observed 

 in this locality by Mr. Mosher. — J. A. Farley, Maiden, Mass. 

 Auk, XVIII, April., 1901. p ,'9^' 



