Sitta carolinensis. 
5T 
Maine (Lake Urabagog). 
1874. 
Sept.11. 
Shot a female. 
1880. 
June 1. 
Sav; a male in the flooded forest at the Outlet. 
“ 8. 
A pair among the stubs near Peaslee’s spring, the 
male uttering the rolling call peculiar to the breeding 
season. 
1881. 
May 20. 
Set B-5. -- Fresh—nest in a natural hole in a rod 
maple stub which stood in the water; hole descending 
about six inches. I found the nest by watching the male 
v/-ho every few minutes would fly to the hole with a largo 
v/orm and utter a low hank, when the female v/ould extend 
her bill and take the morsal from him. Once she re¬ 
fused it and he instantly swallowed it himself. When 
my guide began to climb the tree the female flevr from 
the hole and disappeared, neither she nor her mate re¬ 
turning till after wo had left the spot. I saw a pair 
of these Nuthatches in precisely the same place last 
season. 
1883. 
Oct.8-12 
Two observed on October 9, and tv/o more on October 
14; all in the stubs along Cambridge River. 
