CHAPTER XX. 



BIRD-LIFE IN NOVA SCOTIA. 



NOVA Scotia is especially favored with the Warblers. 

 The beautiful and musical Yellow Warbler {D. cesHvo) 

 is as common here as in New England, and with its usual 

 familiarity, may build its nest in the rose-bush by the 

 front door. From almost every clump of evergreens comes 

 the peculiar ditty of the Black-throated Green Warbler 

 (Z>. vireiis). The sprightly whistle of the Black-and- Yellow 

 Warbler (Z>. ?naaiiosa) is quite common to the evergreen and 

 mixed forests; the rpusical twitter of the Yellow-rump (Z>. 

 coronata) is often heard in the pine groves; the soft shrilling 

 insect-tones of the Yellow-backed Blue Warbler {Farula 

 americana) is nearly as common as in New England; the 

 conspicuous little figure of the Black-and-white Creeping 

 Warbler {AIniotilta varia) is frequent on the trunks of the 

 lowland forest-trees; the Black-throated Blue Warbler (Z>. 

 coertdescens) is not rare; the Maryland Yellow-throat {Geothly- 

 pis trichas) delights in the swamps and numerous wild 

 meadows; the Redstart {Setophaga ruticilld) flashes among 

 the foliage; the Chestnut-side is to be found occasionally; 

 Audubon reports the nest of the Blackburnian from this 

 locality; and Mr. Andrew Downes regards the Yellow Red- 

 poll as a common resident. All of the above no doubt breed 

 in the numbers there indicated, while the echoing chant of 

 the Golden-crown {^Sciurus aurocapil/us) is frequently heard; 



