Some Birds of Lewis Co, N,T, 

 O.Heirt M«rriani 



Sitta canadensis, , ^« . ,,^Jf ^t-«-<-^<L«y 

 Bull. N.O.O. 3, April, 1878. p.53 



The fall of 1878 was also remarkable for the unusal number of 

 Red-bellied Nuthatches i^Sitta canadensis), 



The little fellows were everywhere, — about the 

 trees, on the fences, climbing the sides of the houses, and running 

 about the shutters. They remained with us through the winter 

 and first half of the spring. I may here remark that I shot a Red- 

 bellied Nuthatch at Fort Hamilton, July 20, 1877, in full breed- 

 ing plumage (see Brewster's " First Plumages," this Bulletin, Vol. 

 Ill, pp. 20, 21). Whaf this bird was doing on Long Island in 

 mid-summer I can not imagine, as its southern breeding limit is 

 far noi-th of here. During the past autumn and winter / have 

 seen not one Red-bellied Nuthatch, or Chickadee, and only two or 

 three White-bellied Nuthatches. 



What occasions these erratic movements of the birds.? The 

 supposition that a variation in the supply of food is the cause 

 seems hardly probable, for it appears incredible that the food of 

 the Chickadee and Nuthatches should have been so scant last fall 

 as to cause these birds to avoid this locality in their migrations. I 

 say it is incredible because their kind of food is shared by many 

 other birds that were abundant. As for the character of the 

 season influencing their travels, unless it can be shown that they 

 wintered north of Long Island in unusual numbers,! do not think 

 it can he taken as a reasonable explanation, for the birds men- 

 tioned above are regular migrants whatever the character of the 



u Bull N.O.O. JaOii 1881. P. I ^ - 

 seasons may be. «>ui-i. ^iviv. -vi * v ■ / 



Birds of the Adirondack Region. 



15. Sitta canadensis, Linn. Red-bellied Nuthatch. — E 

 abundantly. 



Bnil N.O.O, 0,Oct,1881,p.226 



May 17. Shot a Hed-bdJicd Nntliatcji , the first one 

 in Spring during six years collecting. 



O.&O. IX.F6b.l8S4.p.^v 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. Not common. 

 B.A.Sterling, Brookly n,P<=k. 



Aulj, XIX, July, 1902, p.298. 



Oneida County, New York, 

 Williaoa Li.Balpii & Ssbart Bagat 



Sitta canadensis.— A common migrant; summer resident in tlie north- 

 ern part of the County. Breeds. A second nest, tal^en May 30, 1S87, 

 in Wilmurt, Herkimer Co., contained six fresh eggs. 



Ank, VII. Jnly. igeo, p. ^3 St. 



