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ful and aggressive that the teamsters had to wear half a pork 

 barrel over their heads when going out to the stables in the dark, 

 but I do not vouch for the terminological exactitude of that 

 story! 



But after all, such adventures are very rare, and it may 

 safely be said that the benighted traveller can lay his head any- 

 where in the woods of Eastern Canada in perfect security from 

 venomous reptile or predacious beast; and with the exception 

 of annoying insects at certain seasons of the year, he need "fear 

 no enemy but winter and rough weather." 



BIRD NOTES FROM MULVERHILL, MAN. 



The Bluebird, Sialia sialis. In this district, during last 

 summer, I did not meet a single one until fall. One day in the 

 autumn, a flock of some twenty birds (mostly young ones) ap- 

 peared near my home. They remained about half a day and 

 then disappeared. I came to the conclusion that they had been 

 breeding further north, and were on their way south. 



Canada Jay, Perisorcus canadensis . During last summer 

 several pairs stayed with us all the summer. This season I have 

 not seen a single one. 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker, Phaeotomus pileatus 

 pileatus. During last summer at least two pairs stayed in our 

 poplar bush all the season. This summer not a single one has 

 been seen. 



Greater Yellow Legs, Totanus melanoleucus, and Lesser 

 Yellow Legs, Totanus flavipes. Contrary to the general rule 

 of both, these sister waders have been here in large flocks all this 

 spring. Saw several of them on June 9. Last year I did not see_ 

 a single one of either variety until late in the fall, when the 

 migrants came down in flocks from the north. I found the nest 

 of a Yellow Legs on June 24, less than a mile from my house. 



Canada Goose, Branta canadensis. Last year they all 

 passed by both spring and fall; this year at least two pairs are 

 staying in the big marsh in the middle of Birch Lake, evidently 

 breeding. 



Ernest Norman. 

 August, 1915. 



