Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . ting of a saw. Mr. White, in his amusing Sketchesof the Natural History of Selborne (vol. I. p. 174.), remarks, thatthe Marsh Titmouse (our Chicadee), in the month of February,uttered (at times) two quaint notes like the whetting of a have never heard any such note from the Marsh Titmouse, andtherefore conceive it probable that the author might have mista-ken the European Sitta for the Titmouse, as they resemble eachother in a great degree ; and, from the near affinity of our largerNuthatches to that of the old continent, they may be
Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . ting of a saw. Mr. White, in his amusing Sketchesof the Natural History of Selborne (vol. I. p. 174.), remarks, thatthe Marsh Titmouse (our Chicadee), in the month of February,uttered (at times) two quaint notes like the whetting of a have never heard any such note from the Marsh Titmouse, andtherefore conceive it probable that the author might have mista-ken the European Sitta for the Titmouse, as they resemble eachother in a great degree ; and, from the near affinity of our largerNuthatches to that of the old continent, they may be supposedcapable of uttering very similar tones. This singular note hasalso been attributed in the United States to some other therefore would solicit additional information on the subject. Troglodytes palustris, (Marsh Wren.) This species, whichprobably extends its migrations as far north as Connecticut, isunknown in Massachusetts, and its place and habits are ex-changed with the following new 98 Mr. JVuttalls Bemarks and Inquiries. Short-Billed Marsh-Wren. Troglodytes *breviroslris. In this the bill is much shorter thanthe head, the plumage above a mixture of black, pale brown,and whitish; the wings are also barred with the same colors, andthe head likewise striated; beneath, except the white throatand centre of the breast, the color is pale rufous. — This amu-sing and musical Httle species inhabits the lowest marshy mead-ows and swamps, but does not frequent the reeds. It nevervisits cultivated grounds, and is at all times shy, timid, andsuspicious. Its nest is made wholly of dry or partly greensedge-grass, bent mostly from the top of the tussuck onwhich the fabric is situated. With much ingenuity and laborthese simple materials are entwined loosely together into theform of a cocoa-nut or sphere, with a small and rather obscureentrance left in the side. No mud is employed in the construction,as with the ordinary Marsh-Wren ; and the eggs, instead ofdark r
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