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FOOD OF BIRDS. 
Family TuRDims. Thrushes. 
Turdns migratorius. Robin. Spring, summer and fall resident. Abundant, 
must el inns. Wood Thrush. Summer resident. Common 
pallasi Hermit Thrush Migrant. Very common, 
swainsouii. Olive-backed Thrush. Migrant. Very common. 
var. aliciai. Alice’s Thrush. Migrant. Very common. 
Mimus polyglottus. Mocking Bird Rare in summer. 
“ Carolinensis. Catbird. Summer resident. Abundant. 
Harporhynchus rufus. Brown Thrush ; Thrasher. Summer resident. Very common. 
The Robiu and Catbird frequent cultivated places in summer 5 the Brown 
Thi u h is round in thickets ; the small species are mostly confined to wood- 
laud. Their food consists of saails, caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, 
spiders, numerous other insects and their larvae, and in summer and fall 
cousists largely ot berries, the Robin and Catbird taking their pay in small 
fruits for the worms which they have destroyed. 
Family Saxicolid^e. Bluebirds. 
Sialiasialis. Eastern Bluebird.. Spring, summer and fall resident. Abundant 
Found everywhere. Feeds upon grasshoppers, spin era, wire-worms, 
winged insects and berries. 
Family Sylviidje. Sylvias. 
Regnlus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Spring and fall migrant. Abundant. 
‘‘ satrapa. Golden-crested Kinglet. Winter residout. Abundant. 
Polioptila cicrulea Blue-gray Guatcatcher. Summer resident. Abundant. 
More especially frequent woodland, and subsist upon small catei pillars, 
beetles, gnats, mosquitoes and eggs of insecis. 
Family ParIDJE. Titmice or Chickadees. 
Lopophaues bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. Resident. Abundant. 
Parris atricapillus. Black-capped Chickadee. Resident. Abundant. 
“ var. Carolinensis. Carolina Chickadee. Resident Not common. 
Found everywhere and almost omnivorous, feeding upon spiders and 
winged insects, caterpillars and eggs of insects, seeds, acorns, crumbs, 
meat and berries. The Black-capped Chickadee is said to destroy the 
eggs of the canker worm. 
Family Sittid.e. Nuthatches. 
Sitta Carolinensis. White-bellied Nuthatch. Resident Common. 
“ Canadensis. Red-bellied Nuthatch. Migrant. Common. 
“ pusilla. Brown-headed Nuthatch. Accidental. 
Found in woodland. Their food consists of spiders, ants, larvse and 
eggs of insects, and seeds, especially of coniferous trees. 
States Boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 2b0 wood cuts, by Elliott 
Coues, Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Salem : Naturalist’s Agency, 1872. 
Field Ornithology, comprising a Manual of Instruction or procuring, prepariug and 
preserving Birds, and a Check List of North American Birds, by Elliott Couos, United 
States Army. Salem : Naturalist’s Agency, 1874. 
