FOOD OF BIRDS. 
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Family Ckrthiidjs. Creepers. 
Certhia familiaris. Brown Creeper. Spring, fall and winter resident. 
Feeds upon beetles, insects, their larvae and eggs and seeds. 
Family Troglodytidae. Wrens. 
Thryothorus ludovicianus. Great Carolina Wren. Resident. Common. 
. “ Bewiekii. Bewick’s Wren. Rare in summer. 
Troglodytes aedon. House Wren. Summer resident. Common. 
Anortkura troglodytes var. hyemali s. Winter Wren. Winter resident. Common. 
Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. Summer resident. Common. 
Cistothorus stellaris. Short-billed Marsh Wren. Summer resident. Rare. 
Feed upon spiders, grasshoppers, moths, insects, their larvae and eggs. 
Family Alaudidje. Larks. 
Eremophila alpestris. Shore Lark. Winter resident. Abundant. 
Frequents barren fields and gravelly shores, feeding upon seeds of 
weeds, torpid insects and eggs of insects. When the ground is covered 
deeply with snow most of their food is obtained from offal in barn-yards 
and roads. 
Family Motacillidje. Wagtails. 
Authus ludovicianus. Brown Lark ; Titlark ; Pipit. Migrant. Abundant. 
Late in fall and early in spring, frequenting the same localities as the pre- 
ceding, and with the addition of aquatic insects and larvae their food is 
the same. 
Family Sylvicolidjs. American Warblers. 
Mniotilta varia. Black and White Creeper. Summer resident. Common. 
Parula Americana. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. Migrant. Not very common. 
Protonotaria citrsea. Prothonotary Warbler. Rare in summer. 
Helmitherus vermivorns. Worm-eating Warbler. Summer resident. Not common. 
Helmintbophaga pinus. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. Summer resident. Not rare. 
“ chrysoptera. Blue Golden-winged Warbler. Summer resident. Not 
common. 
“ ruficapilla. Nashville Warbler. Migrant. Common. 
“ celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. Migrant. Rare. 
“ peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. Migrant. Irregular in spring, very 
common in the fall. 
Dendrceca sestiva. Summer Warbler. Summer resident. Very common. 
“ virens. Black-throated Green Warbler. Migrant. Very common. 
, “ cmrulescens. Black-throated Blue Warbler. Migrant. Common. 
“ cmrulea. Bine Warbler. Summer resident. Very common. 
“ coronata. Yellow-ramped Warbler. Migrant. Abundant. 
“ Blackburni®. Blackburnian Warbler. Migrant. Abundant. 
“ striata. Black-poll Warbler. Migrant. Common in spring, abundant in 
fall. 
“ castauea. Bay-breasted Warbler. Migrant. Irregular in spring, abundant 
in fall. 
“ Penusylvauica. Chestnut-sided Warbler. Migrant. Common. 
“ maculosa. Black and Yellow Warbler. Migrant. Abundant. 
