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5. Chickadee. Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus (Linn.) 
The Chickadee is the same familiar, confiding member of the 
bird association at the Guest House as at Bear Mountain, and its 
habits are everywhere the same. It can always be identified by its 
grayish attire, with top of head and throat black, and by its cling- 
ing attitudes among the twigs and smaller branches as it searches 
for hidden insect eggs and larvae. 
6. White-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis carolinensis 
(Lath.) 
The White-breasted Nuthatch was observed by me only at Carr 
Pond, in the Guest House neighborhood. On July 10 an adult 
and a young bird were feeding quietly and contentedly in a second- 
growth oak, and both frequently uttered the characteristic “ yank ” 
call-note. This nuthatch can be recognized by its bluish gray upper 
parts, marked on crown and back of neck by black ; by its habit of 
clinging to the trunk and large branches of trees ; and by its pecu- 
liar call-note represented by the syllable “ yank ” uttered with a 
decided nasal effect. 
7. House Wren. Troglodytes aedon aedon (Vieill.) 
The House Wren is one of the common and familiar birds of the 
Guest House neighborhood. A pair of Wrens had a nest in a cavity 
at the end of a broken branch of an apple tree in the front dooryard 
of the lot, and the singing of these diminutive birds, with their 
energetic scolding at times and their persistent activity, made them 
prominent members of the avian association. 
8. Brown Thrasher. Toxostoma rufum (Linn.) 
The Brown Thrasher is common in the shrubbery near the 
cabins on the lakes of the Kanahwauke group. While this bird is 
somewhat shy and retiring, skulking in the coverts it chooses as 
its resorts, it does not get far from human associations and mani- 
fests a preference for clearings and cultivated areas, rather than 
the primeval wildwood. On July 9 I found a nest of the Brown 
Thrasher along the road, in full exposure, near the east shore of 
