Breeding of the CaroUna Wren in Rhode Island.— I have before now 

 communicated to you the fact that the Great Carolina Wren appears to 

 have occasionally bred in southern Rhode Island. This year I am quite 

 sure again that the wren is breeding here, and for the first time that more 

 than one pair have bred in this neighborhood. The post-nuptial song 

 has lately been very noticeable in the morning. On July 13 I distinctly 

 heard two males singing different songs at the same time, or m answer to 

 one another, both being in my garden. They appear to prefer to begin 

 sino-ing about 6 a. m., and it is often continued as late as nme or ten o clock. 

 Thts morning, the 29th July, two males have been singing enchantmgly, 

 one of them giving the full, ringing note of the Cardinal Bird, and the 

 other a very different, but resonant song, more individual to the wren 



'*'once heard, the quality of the tone is easy to recognize, and I shall 

 hope to hear of other records in this vicinity, and perhaps further north. 



I feel that we are to be congratulated upon the regular visits of this very 

 attractive songster, as it is now several years that I have heard them at 

 this season.— R. G. Hazard, Peace Dale, R. I. 



Carohna Wren m Rhode Island.- During the past summer (1908) there 

 have been at least two, and possibly more, Carolina Wrens {Thryothorus 

 ludov^c^anus) resident at Kingston, R. I. They were not noted until 

 uufu M^' K "^^u occasionally seen and constantly heard about 



until September There is some reason to believe they bred there this 

 year, but unfortunately the evidence is not certain enough to esTablish 



a n^in at f ^ ''^^ ^r^"^" ^ ^^'^ ^^^^ ^^^^ -^ich had 



a nest m a hole m an apple tree rather late in the season. They did not 

 thmk they were Chickadees, and no House Wrens were seen in the vll 

 this summer. The matter did not come to the writer's knowledge unS 



Wren haVbT' T' -n "''^'^'^ ^^^^ ^^e Carolina 



Wren has been seen in the village before, but not for several years. The 



tWin'^SOr T " ^--^observation that it could not'^have blen 

 there m 1907.— Leon J. Cole, New Haven, Conn. 



