Capture op the Cakolika Wren aitd oTinin B miii P i iTmn in 

 Ehode Island. — A friend of mine, Mr. George -M.* Gra^tyr Eecently 

 brought me a male Great Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) , which 

 he shot at Bristol, R. I., August 14, 1880. On hearing its notes he at 

 first thought it was some one whistling, but on answering it the bird soon 

 came within shot, and he killed it. 



Bua N.0.0, S.Oot,. 1880, p. ^J/. 



A'. J. 



The Carolina Wren Breeding in Rhode Island. — On May ii, 1S99, I 

 found in Middletown, R. I., a male Carolina Wren (Thryotliortis ludovi- 

 cianus) and three young ones just able to fly. As they were together 

 when I found them they no doubt belonged to the same family and, from 

 the age of the young, could not have been far from their nest. As the 

 bird is rare here, the above may be of interest to the readers of 'The 

 Auk.' — Edward 'Sturtevant, Newport, R. I. 



Ank, XVI, July, 1899, P.^SV- 



Ank, XVI, Jan., 1899, p, 



The Carolina. Wi&n {T/iryothorus ludoviciaaus) at Peace Dale, R. I.— 

 I have been very much puzzled a good many times during the past sum- 

 mer by hearing, in the near neighborhood of my house here, the notes of 

 the Cardinal Bird given with great distinctness and for several minutes 



together. Every time when I ha 

 he has managed to escape observi 

 I had supposed the mysterious vi 

 very plainly and devoted half an 

 fortur.ate on this occasion as to get a 

 it proved to my astonishment to be a 

 As soon as I saw him he disappeared in 

 them uttering the characteristic alarm 

 I did not shoot the bird but feel enti: 

 distinctly saw the line above the eye, 



close quarters. Immediately after the 

 cold rain storm and I supposed then I sh 

 But on the 38th of October I did hear hir 

 for some minutes together. This is now 



find the author of the notes 

 On the 2 1 St of October, long after 

 had gone south, I heard the note 

 to looking for the bird. I was so 

 I good glimpse of the singer, and 

 line male of the Carolina Wren. 

 1 company with his mate, both of 

 note which the writers tell us of. 

 rely sure of the identification, as I 

 vvhicli is easily seen at tolerably 



t through 

 5uld not hear the Wren again. 

 1 singing with great spirit and 

 the 28lh of November and Ave 



have passed through a blizzard which began Saturday afternoon, the 

 25th, and has been without any doubt as severe a blizzard as we have 

 ever CKperienced in this part of New England. Snow has fallen here to 

 a depth rather difficult to estimate, but on the level it cannot be less than 

 eight inches; of course, being accompanied by a very high wind it 

 drifted enormously, — I observed several exhausted birds, or at least if 

 not exhausted more or less disabled by the storm. While investigating 

 the damage done in my garden / again heard my friend the Carolina 

 Wren. This being the third time that he has intensely surprised me, I 

 lose no thne to report it. Is it common for Carolina Wrens to linger 

 beyond the summer time as far north as this.? I cannot find any record 

 of it and imagine that I have a very odd specimen of the bird here. — 

 R. G. Hazard, Peace Dale, R. I. 



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