The Winter Wren {Anorthura troglodytes hiemalis) in Western 

 Vermont. — In the northwestern part of the town of Brandon, lying 

 along the bank of the Otter Creek, is a swamp some three miles in length 

 and from one-half to one and one-half miles in breadth. Formerly this 

 was all heavily timbered, but the timber has been largely removed and at 

 this time but little of the "first-growth" remains; this is near the centre 

 of the swamp. The swamp has an elevation above the sea of probably 

 about 350 feet, and is overflowed by the creek during high water. On 

 June 4 of last year (1882), while botanizing in the heavy "first-growth," 

 my attention was attracted by a pair of Winter Wrens. They constantly 

 darted in and out of a large brush-heap, scolding the while in true Wren 

 fashion, and seemed very desirous that I should leave. A close examina- 

 tion of the brush-heap and vicinity failed to reveal the site of the nest. 

 On July 4 following, I again visited the locality, and about this same 

 brush-heap saw old birds of this species feeding young but a day or two 

 from the nest. This of course set at rest all doubt about their breeding 

 here. I have never seen them in summer before. In the following Novem- 

 ber I spent two days (24th and 25th) in this swamp and, to my surprise, 

 saw a pair of these Wrens. Snow covered the ground to a depth of two 

 inches or more, and the thermometer was but little above zero. The latest 

 I have noted them before was the first part of October. — F. H. Knowl- 

 TON. , M;ddiebury,vt. Bo,a N, O. 0, S, ApU. 1883. p. /ZO 



Summer Bds.Mt. Mansfield, Vt. 

 74. Anorthura hyemalis. Winter Wren. —Mr. Torrev writes me 

 that he noted them several times during his visit in 1885, on the upper 

 part of the mountain. I was disappointed not to find them, but I am 

 certain they were not there in 1899 or 1900, for although the birds might 

 be overlooked, the song is not likely to escape notice. 



by Arthur H.Howell :, XVIII, Oct., 1001, p.346. 



