SUMMER BIRDS. 
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FAMILY SYLVIIDLE: TRUE WARBLERS — KINGLETS. 
Regains satrapa Licht. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 
Mr. T. Martin Trippe states :i: that he found this species breeding 
in the Catskills, and says of it : “The golden-crested wren, I noticed 
only on the summits of Round Top, and one or two others of the 
highest peaks On the eighth of July, I saw several young birds ap- 
parently not many days from the nest. They were attended by their 
parents and hid themselves from observation amid the densest hem- 
lock boughs. At times the old birds uttered a lisping sort of warble, 
beginning like that of Dendrosca striata but winding up with a few 
sprightly notes similar to those of D. virens. The young had no 
notes save the usual faint chirp.” Near the summit of Slide Mountain 
in 1880, 1 felt almost positive of seeing this species, but failed to get 
as atisfactory sight or to secure a specimen. On subsequent visits to 
the same mountain, although looked for, none were observed. 
FAMILY PARI DFE : TITMICE OR CHICKADEES. 
It is hardly to be presumed that the Hudsonian Chickadee ( Pants Hud- 
sonicus Forst.) ever occurs in summer so far south as the Catskills. 
Purus artricapilhis L. Black-capped Chickadee. 
Noted at various places from the valleys to the mountain tops. 
FAMILY SITTIDSE : NUTHATCHES. 
Sitta Carolinensis Gm. White-bellied Nuthatch. 
Seemingly not common : observed on three occasions only. A 
pair followed by their young were seen near Summit, June 7, 1880. 
Sitta Canadensis L. Red-bellied Nuthatch. 
Inhabiting the stricken growths of Canada balsams upon the wild 
slopes of Slide Mountain, this species was met with from an altitude 
of about three thousand feet up to the extreme summit, where its 
characteristic notes were frequently heard. 
FAMILY CERTHIIDFE : CREEPERS. 
Certhia familiaris rnfa (Bartr.) Ridgw. Brown Creeper. 
Observed at different localities on Slide Mountain, almost to the 
summit. 
* I.oc. cit. 
