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ture" mentioned by Mr. Chamberlain; while Rothesay is 

 much more subject to " the fog and continuous humid 

 atmosphere of the coast." The country about Hampton 

 is high and rocky, except along the river, where there are 

 extensive marshes; while at Rothesay there are no marshes 

 and the country is lower and less hilly. In neither place 

 is there any ''old growth" to speak of and the woods are 

 almost all second growth or scrub. 



The Hudson's Bay Chickadee [Panes hudsonius) is a 

 common bird at both Hampton and Rothesay, though per- 

 haps more so in the latter locality. In the spruce woods 

 and clearings this species is as plenty as the common Chick- 

 adee (Partis atricapillus), and often associates with it. On 

 July 13 1 found a nest with seven fresh eggs in a clearing 

 in mixed woods. The nest was in a natural hole in a de- 

 cayed stump about two feet above the ground, and was 

 about eighteen inches deep by three in diameter. The hole 

 had apparently not been enlarged by the birds, but was 

 of the same size throughout and entirely open at the top. 

 I found another nest on August 14 in a similar location, 

 except that the stump was about five feet high and the hole 

 at least three feet deep. The nest contained young birds 

 just out of the egg. 



Both the Red (Loxia citrvirostra americana) and White- 

 winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera) spent the entire sum- 

 mer, though the latter Avere rare, but were said to be 

 more plenty farther inland, at Clarendon Station, Mispec, 

 etc. The Red Crossbills were very common both at Rothe- 

 say and Hampton, and occurred, either in pairs or small 

 flocks, in almost every clump of evergreens. During the 

 last week in July they were seen two or three times with 

 sticks in their bills and also a pair in the act of copulation. 



On July 25 I shot a Cape May Warbler (Perissoglossa 



