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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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ead of Canada Nuthatch, nat. size. PASSERES 08CINES TROOLODYTID^E. 39 18. (109.) Sitta canadensis Linn. Canada Nuthatch ; Red-bellied Nuthatch.A winter resident, not common. Arrives early in October, and re-mains until May, frequenting- high open woods, especially of pine. (59) 8. pusilla occurs as far north as the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia,but has never been seen in the District. Family CERTHILD.E : Creepers. 19. (107.) Certhia familiaris L. (C. americana of the original edition.) Brown Creeper. Resident, abundant* Found chiefly in high open woods, occasionallyon the ornamental trees of the parks of the city, as in the SmithsonianGrounds and elsewhere. It is certainly migratory, but the remarksmade under head of Lophophanes bicolor apply here. (G2J Family TROGLODYTIDiE: Wrens. 20. (103.) Thryothonis ludovicianus (Linn.) Up. Great Carolina Wren. A permanent resident; not abundant at any season, but most so dur-ing the summer. It breeds in thick shrubbery of ravines and hillsides,
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Fig. 7.—Groat Carolina Wren. sometimes in gardens, occasionally in the city itself. One year, at least,there was a pair in Mr. Corcorans grounds on H street, near Sixteenth.The bird is very shy and retiring at most seasons, its rich rolling notesbeing heard ofteuer than the performer himself is seen. (GS) 21. (—.) Thryothorusbewicki (And.) P.p. Bewicks Wren. Not in theoriginal edition. Very rare, perhaps only casual. Observedbut once, by Mr. William Palmer, at Arlington, April 10, 1882. The 40 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. specimen is now in the United States National Museum, No. 8G218, asnoted by Mr. Ridgway in the Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, vii, 1882, p.253. (71) 22. (105.) Troglodytes domesticus (Bartr.) Cones. (T. aedon of the original edi- tion.) House Wren.A very abundant summer resident, arriving April 15, leaving October20. It breeds in holes anywhere about dwelling-houses, and in theheart of the city as often as elsewhere, any garden-patch or bit of shrub-bery sufficing to tempt

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