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Summer Birds of Buncombe County, 

 il.Garolina. Job-ii S.Oairns. 



Silta canadensis. Red-breasted Nut-liatch 

 Resident; common on Black Mountains. Have 

 found but two nests of this bird, one in 1886 on 

 tlie lOtli of May and tlie other on the 15th of 

 May, 1885. The first was in a dead stub 20 

 feet up, and the other was in a stump six feet 

 up. Each nest contained four fresh eggs. 

 They were much more heavily marked than 

 those of the White-breasted Nuthatch. 



O &0. XIV. Feb. lo8e p. 22 



