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



requested by Mr. F. H. Mosher to report that he saw in June, 1S99, in Med- 

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

 catching and carrying away larvae, 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, XVm, April., 1901, p .'?^' 



