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as to warrant a very extended search. 

 A little group of Snowflakes was 

 noted occasionally in the roads, and 

 Slate-colored Juncos were seen several 

 times. Once, in midwinter, two Tree 

 Sparrows were seen with the Juncos 

 and a little later a Song Sparrow was 

 found near Partridge Island pier, 

 where it had evidently wintered. 



March was exceptionally pleasant, 

 and on my return to Shulee I found 

 birds everywhere abundant. 



Red and white-winged Cross-bills 

 were abundant and were fi-equently 

 seen associated. They were paired and 

 the males sang constantly. They sang 

 much on the wing, fluttering over the 

 tops of the spruces, like a Bobolink 

 over the meadow. Nesting, apparten- 

 ly had not commenced. Pine Siskins 

 had been noted in small flock the first 

 part of the winter. None were seen at 

 Parirsboro. but in March, on the Shulee 

 shore I found them everywhere. Never 

 before did I see one species of birds 

 represented by such numbers. From 

 River Hebert to Shulee, and doubtless 

 much farther down the shore, they 

 swarmed in the spruces, and the air 

 was ever burdened with their wheez- 

 ing notes. They had already com- 

 menced nesting though the snow still 

 covered most of the ground. One nest 

 was found which, before the last of 

 March was completed and contained 

 its full complement of eggs. That 

 such numbers of Siskins is character- 

 istic of that locality is not at all likely. 

 They are among the most erratic of 

 birds, occurring in numbers one year, 

 only to disappear again, perhaps for 

 several seasons. Thousands must have 

 nested in the spruces that cover the 

 region, and in summer when the flock, 

 with the addition of the summer's 

 broods, prepared to migrate, there 

 must have been an enormous number. 

 Doubtless it was broken into smaller 

 flocks which scattered over a consid- 

 erable extent of territory. 



Towards spring Blue Jays were fre- 

 quently seen. The continued warm 

 sunny weather brought the migrants 

 from the south, the early birds reach- 

 ing Nova Scotia quite as early as the 

 average in Pittsfield, perhaps accom- 

 plishing this by a direct flight from 

 the Bahamas. 



On the 22nd of March the Bronzed 

 Crackles arrived, closely followed by 

 the Song Sparrows, Juncos and Rob- 

 ins. One flock of Fox Sparrows was 

 noted, attention being attracted to 

 them by their pleasing song. 



The Juncos soon became very nu- 

 merous. I found nearly every one 

 knew it, but not as the Junco, or even 

 as the "Snowbird," as it is often called 

 here. Everyone called it the "Blue- 

 bird." It has no other name in that 

 part of Nova Scotia. 



With the arriving birds I left the 

 shore. The winter acquaintances seem 

 few, but they were interesting, and, 

 for the most part harmonize well with 

 the lifting tides, the rocky cliffs and 

 spruce clad hills. 



C. H. MORRELL. 



A supplement to the list of the 

 Birds of Maine is now in the process 

 of preparation and new data, addi- 

 tions to the county records and cor- 

 rections will be thankfully received. 

 All notes should be sent at once to O. 

 W. Knight, 84 Forest Ave., Bangor, 

 Maine. 



Walter P. Webb of Albion N. Y., 

 always has in stock some nice sets, 

 birds' skins, literature, magazines, 

 and supplies of interest to Bird Men. 

 Correspondence with such always a 

 pleasure. Lists free. 



