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Yellow-heUled Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris, Baird.) — 

 Apparently a common summer migrant, arriving in May. 



TuRDTD.^. The Thrushes. 



Hermit Thrush (T. PaUasi, Cahanis.) — A common summer 

 visitor, and tolerably good songster. Arrives about the middle of 

 May. 



Wilson's Thrush (T. fuscescens, Stephens.) — A summer 

 migrant, but not so common as the preceding species. One 

 specimen, obtained in May, 1868. 



Olive-hacked Thrush (T. Swainsoni, CaZ>.) — A summer migrant? 

 but scarcely so common as T. Pallasi. 



Migratory Thrush, or American Rohin (T. migratorius, Linn?) 

 — A summer migrant, and by far the commonest of all tlie 

 Turdidge. Arrives in April, and soon commences building. I 

 have taken the eggs early in May. This bird is called the 

 "Robin" by the English settlers, evidently from its redbreast 

 and familiarity; it is, however, about the size of the Fieldfare 

 [T. pilaris,') and much resembles that bird in habits. The eo-o-g 

 are not quite so large, and of an unspotted blue. A pair of 

 these birds occupied the same nest at Cow Head for six 

 consecutive years. Considering the vast number of " Robins" 

 which annually breed in Newfoundland, this habit may account for 

 the scarcity of old nests, so apparent in passing through the thick 

 fir woods. 



Blue Bird (Sialia sialis, Linn.) — A summer migrant, and said, 

 by the settlers, to be occasionally common. I did not, however, 

 meet with it. 



Ruhy-crowned Wren (Regulus calendula, Linn.) — Not un- 

 common. Arrives in Newfoundland in May. 



\Uydrol)ata Mexicana, Bonap. — Has this species really occurred 

 in Nova Scotia? Vide Downs on the "Land Birds of Nova 

 Scotia."] 



Sylvicolid^. The Warblers. 



American Tit Lark (An thus Ludovicianus, Gmclin.') — 1 do 

 not think this bird breeds in Newfoundland, as I have only seen 

 it in August, or during the autumnal migration. 



Black and White Creeper (Mniotilta varia, Linn.) — Appar- 

 ently a common summer migrant. 



Maryland Yellow thi'oat (Geothlypis trichas, Linn.) — A sum- 

 mer migrant. Common. 



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