59 
Sitta cs,na.clGr.!Sis. 
1870. 
Middlesox Count , ?-ass . 
Aug. 15 
An adult male running about the trunk of an elm (Cam¬ 
bridge ) 
Sept.Oc t 
Nov.12. 
Unusually abundant in this vicinity. Found almost 
exclusively in yellov/- pines sometimes in companies of 
six or seven, but more frequently single or v/’ith roving 
flocks of P. atricapillus . 
These they resem¬ 
ble so closely in general color and motions as to be 
hardly distinguishable ¥/hen high up in the tree-tops, lilf! 
them, hanging head dovmv/ards from the extremities of the 
branches or pine cones, and rarely running about the 
large branches and trunks in the manner of Sitta carolin- 
ensis. Their notes, \/hich at this season are seldom 
hoard, are shrill and feeble. On one occasion I found 
one of these birds a long distance from any tree, hop¬ 
ping along an old rail fence in an open field. 
1871. i' 
Jan. 12. 
Founn one in a yollov/’ pine grove in'Company \7ith a 
number of Creepers and Titmice. 
1874 
Sopt.2/:/. Sa\Y several. They have b ;en verj'" abundant hero 
ji this autumn. 
A beautiful male among yollov/ pines in Watertov/M. 
This species, unlike Sitta carolinensis , is never found 
in pairs at this season. 
One '../ith Kinglets, probably the same bird seen the 
i! 9th 
Have seen one tv,'ice lately in company v/ith Kinglets 
in our Linden Trees; perhaps it is the same individiial 
! seen th )ro in October or November. 
